Black Tide : The Santa Barbara Oil Spill And Its Consequences

ROBERT EASTON

Publication: Delacorte Press, 1972, New York

First edition. Inscribed on the half title page by Ross Macdonald who wrote the splendid eight-page introduction. "For Marvin Epstein with the best wishes of Ken Millar, the introducer, and Bob Easton, the author. Sincerely Kenneth Millar (Ross Macdonald)." Reaction of the citizens everywhere and the U. S. Government to an ecological crime - a crime without criminals but with many victims, and a community's response to it. The eruption of the oil well on Union Platform A off Santa Barbara on January 28, 1969. Fine, bright copy in a bright fine dust jacket.