269 pages, includes bibliography. Apart from a gift inscription on the title page, with a signature that might very well be the author's as it's illegible, the book is as new. "In this book, the author " recounts the stirring tale of the small town campaign by Dalgety and Orbost to restore water to the legendary river - a lopsided battle waged against powerful commercial interests and governments that did not want to know. Farmers, city dwellers, bureaucrats and politicians were caught up in the dramatic events that captures the imagination of the Australian people and climaxed with a government fighting for its life, and a historic political deal." (back cover.) CONTENTS: ONE The Throwaway River 1 TWO The Snowy River Alliance 21 THREE Rough and Tumble 51 FOUR The Snowy Water Inquiry 80 FIVE Getting Political 105 SIX ngram's Choice 133 SEVEN A Tale of Two Rivers 161 EIGHT A Little Bit of History Undone 191 NINE A Long Time in Politics 211 Stories from the Men and Women of the Snowy River 220.