{"product_id":"atlantis-62","title":"Atlantis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"I was a child before the flood...\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith this arresting line, George Peabody begins the long poem that looks back at the life of a great river before it was damaged by a headpond. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the Wolastoq (St. John River) was dammed at Mactaquac, western New Brunswick lost the heart of its great natural abundance-the annual migration of Atlantic salmon and a large swath of the best agricultural land in the province.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRemembering well a way of life along the natural river, the author deftly puts the reader in the picture. He draws the thread of memory to the building of the dam. With precise images he recounts the consequences of such ecological thoughtlessness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge Peabody has created a classic elegy for a circumstance of great loss. However, with the passage of time and end of the dam's working life in view, \u003cem\u003eAtlantis\u003c\/em\u003e also evokes the awareness that Wolastoq will outlast this unwise human interdiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Couverture souple","offer_id":46557942251730,"sku":"9781988299402","price":15.01,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/1_142a558e-be8a-46c1-8838-7174371968f0.jpg?v=1762901199","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/fr\/products\/atlantis-62","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}