Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place by Terry Tempest Willi

bema An Unnatural History of Family and Place by Terry disturbance Williams recourse An Unnatural History of Family and Place, by Terry Tempest Williams, is a thought-provoking, soupy book that explores both the unnatural and the natural events that take place in her life. The deception and lies of the reports presented by the United States government, which lead to the fall out of nuclear bomb testing in Utah in the 1950s and the rise of the great Salt Lake and its effect on birds serve as the backdrop of this book. As Williams struggles to deal with the ramifications of her mothers terminal cancer, she seeks resort at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. Her family and their well-being is a study priority in her life. When the world around Williams seems overwhelming, her only escape is the great(p) Salt Lake Basin where she can find. In fact, Williams either unwittingly or wittingly overemphasizes her intimacy with the birds and under emphasizes the direct, devastating eff ect the atomic radioactive dust of September 7, 1957 had on the health of her family, thereby losing a prime fortune to make a dramatic statement about the relationship between cancer related illnesses and atomic bomb testing.This story begins in 1983 as the Great Salt Lake in Utah was rising to above popular heights. Over the course of the next seven years from 1983 Williams closely followed the lake levels and the wedge on the various species of birds. The Great Salt Lake is a remnant of the antiquated Lake Bonnevile which had covered 20,000 square miles of Utah, parts of eastern Nevada, and southern Idaho(Great Salt Lake, 3) The lake ecosystem is wiz of the most important wildlife habitats in the Western Hemisphere and has been for at to the lowest degree 8,000 ... ...Alexander, G. Thomas. Radiation Death and Deception. Retrieved April 5, 2005 from www.historytogo.utha.gov/radiation.html.Great Salt Lake More Than Meets the Nose. Retrieved April 8, 2005 from http//www.cnnn .com/2003/TravelDestinations/11/05great.salt.lake.ap//Seegmiller, Janet Burton. No Clear Testing and the Downwinders. Retrieved April 5, 2005 from www.historytogo.utah.gov/nuctest.html. Stum, Marlin. Great Salt Lake-Haven for Birds. Retrieved April 8, 2005 from http//www.stoplegacyhighway.org/gsl.htmSummer, David Thomas. Testimony, Refuge, and the Senses of Place-A Conservation with Terry Tempest Williams. Retrieved April 16, 2005 from http//weberstudies.weber.edu/archive/archive%20DWard, Chip. Cowboys in Gas Masks Find a unholy Good Place to Dump Used Razor Blades. Retrieved April 8, 2005 from http//home.comcast.net/kknowlto/orion.htm