This is in exposition.Īnother error is when the main character gets in a helicopter for the second time that day (only a few hours previously), yet we're told, 'it had been a long time since he'd flown in a helicopter, maybe ten years.'Īt the end, the writer, Gary Hansen, tells us how he started taking fiction writing classes in his forties. It's not like two different characters mention this. Problem is that this fact is repeated twice, and not too far from each other. Download Wet Desert, a Novel book by Gary Hansen epub pdf fb2 Type: book pdf, ePub, fb2, zip Publisher: Hole Shot Press Released: Page Count: 360 Language: English ISBN-10: 097935210X ISBN-13: 978-0979352102 Download link: Download eBook Book Description ReviewWet Desert is a terrific read. One interesting fact was that Lake Mead would cover the state of Pennsylvania with 1 foot of water. If you want to learn lots about dams and the lakes they create, read this book. Otherwise, the main story and side stories never come together. Pastor Hanson finished up the last catechism class by asking solemnly. Gary is an avid outdoorsman and loves water-skiing, snow skiing, dirt biking, hiking, and camping. Wet Desert: Tracking Down a Terrorist on the Colorado River by Hansen, Gary at .uk - ISBN 10: 097935210X - ISBN 13: 9780979352102 - Hole Shot Press - 2007.

Grant Stevens, a mid-level manager for the Bureau of Reclamation, only wanted to build dams.

Along the way are two side stories that serve no purpose other than to describe what happens up river from a destroyed dam (the water gets low and rushes along in narrow spots), and down river (water rises and destroys everything in its wake). He took the precious book out of the sheeps mouth, raised his eyes heavenward. He wrote WET DESERT while living in Mission Viejo, California where he worked as an electrical engineer for twenty-years and often visited the Colorado River on weekends. Wet Desert: A Novel (Unabridged) audiobook, by Gary Hansen. Show More who wants to blow up several dams along the Colorado River and the mid-level engineer who follows his path of destruction.

Wet Desert, a Novel by Gary Hansen