A Civil Action
This authoritative, in-depth, revealing, and wonderfully-written book tells the true story of an obsessed young lawyer who gave up everything to fight two prestigious law firms and the corporations they represented, on behalf of the families of Woburn, Massachusetts, whose loved ones had died because they drank the town's water.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Century
- Year
- 1998
- ISBN-13
- 9780786214532
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Topics
- Environmental contaminationLegal battlesCorporate accountability
Awards
- National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionWonMajor(1995)
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current InterestShortlisted(1996)
- National Book Award for NonfictionShortlistedMajor(1995)
Other awarded books from Jonathan Harr
- The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece
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