
Moondoggle
Franklin Roosevelt and the Fight for Tidal-Electric Power at Passamaquoddy Bay
Mark C. Borton(Author)
Down East Books,U.S. (Publisher)
Published on 15. June 2023
Book
Hardback
672 pages
978-1-60893-714-1 (ISBN)
Description
For 25 years, Franklin Roosevelt tried to build the world's first tidal-electric power plant-by harnessing the Bay of Fundy's giant tides. The enormous project would have dammed-up 110 square miles of coastal Maine and Canada. Moondoggle is a dramatic tale about the appeal of tidal power, the difficulties in realizing its potential, and the engineers and three U.S. Presidents (Roosevelt, Truman, and Kennedy) who tried to make clean and renewable tidal power a reality. Now on the 100th anniversary of the "Passamaquoddy Project's" conception (1920-2020), Moondoggle-the only book on the project-explores what almost was, and what could be.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Lanham, MD
United States
Publishing group
Rowman & Littlefield
Product notice
Paper over boards
Illustrations
1 BW Illustrations, 19 BW Photos, 3 Maps, 4 Tables
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 44 mm
Weight
1226 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-60893-714-1 (9781608937141)
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Mark C. Borton
Moondoggle
Franklin Roosevelt and the Fight for Tidal-Electric Power at Passamaquoddy Bay
E-Book
04/2023
Down East Books
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Person
Mark C. Borton was the creator, and for 13 years, the publisher of the Embassy Boating Guide series of books covering the east coast of the United States from Maine to Florida. The New York Times said, "Embassy Guide is all that most skippers will want or need to know," and Sail magazine called it, "The ultimate guide in copious content and style." The four volumes have gone through a total of 41 printed editions and have sold more than one quarter of a million copies. Borton also created the Maptech Waterproof Chart series, which now includes 92 titles.