A Dam Good Story

I am very pleased to announce that my critically acclaimed history of hydroelectric power, Dam It! Electrifying America and Taming Her Waterways, has been released and now is available via Amazon and in bookstores everywhere.

The story of hydropower is a dam good one, rivaling that of any transformational technology we have seen arise from Silicon Valley. Eccentric inventors, financial wheeling and dealing, political intrigue, mind-boggling engineering and construction feats, inspiring personal stories … it’s all here.

Thomas Edison’s invention of the practical incandescent light bulb in 1879 fundamentally altered American life, and for the next 50 years electrification drove the nation’s economy.?Where rivers could be tapped, they were the cheapest energy source.?In the early 1900s, waterpower accounted for nearly half of the country’s electric supply.

Hydropower was America’s original clean, renewable source of electricity. Acting as a water battery, it remains vitally important in today’s age of climate change as we convert to renewable energy.

?Powered by his gift for storytelling, Underwood weaves a riveting narrative about America’s quest to harness the power of water through hydroelectricity. It is a tale of historic significance that reads like a novel—full of spellbinding characters, political intrigue, and inventive genius. I love this book.

--Mike Leonard, Emmy Award-winning television journalist

The critics like this book.?You will, too.