Table of Contents

Preface, by Senator Dan McCorquodale

Fast Fish in America: An Introduction

1. Blackbird's Ghost: Real Estate and Other Fantasies
2. Identity Crisis in Bayou Country
3. Notes from Underground: The Private Life of Water
4. Cloudbusting in Fulton County
5. Three-D Deeds: The Rise of Air Rights in New York
6. Paper Moon: A Conclusion

About the Author

Theodore Steinberg, Assistant Professor of History at New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rutgers University, Newark, is author of Nature Incorporated: Industrialization and the Waters of New England (1991).

Reviews

"Steinberg shows the absurd extremes people will take their desires to own property. . . . Provides thought-provoking glimpses into American culture and beliefs."--"Booklist