Chad Pregracke
Born: December 4, 1974 in Silvis, Illinois
Pen Name: None Connection to Illinois: He was born in Silvis, Illinois and grew up just a few feet from the Mississippi River in Moline, Illinois. Biography: Pregracke is an environmentalist and writer. He is the founder and president of Living Lands and Waters, in East Moline, Illinois. He has been profiled in periodicals and on television, including the biography, ''Chad Pregracke: River Rescuer'', WQPT, Public Broadcasing Service (PBS) in 2003.Besides his book, Pregracke is also the author of a weekly column for the ''Quad City Times'' in Iowa and Illinois.
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Website: http://livinglandsandwaters.org/
Chad Pregracke on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=chad+pregracke
Selected Titles
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From the bottom up : ISBN: 1426202202 OCLC: 180497241 National Geographic Soc, Washington : 2008. |
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From the bottom up : ISBN: 1426201001 OCLC: 74492067 National Geographic, Washington, D.C. : ©2007. Describes one man's grassroots campaign to clean up the nation's rivers and the surrounding environment, without government funding, by removing garbage. |