by Jonathan Harr · Century · tapa dura · ISBN 9780712676625
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«A Civil Action» is the nonfiction work by Jonathan Harr, published by Century in hardcover (500 pages, in English).
A Civil Action is a nonfiction work about the real case of water contamination in Woburn, Massachusetts, in the 1980s. After a leukemia diagnosis in her family, Anne Anderson brings together other families and hires lawyer Jan Schlichtmann for the case. The long lawsuit against large corporations exhausts the legal team's resources.
A Civil Action won the National Book Critics Circle Award, was a finalist for the National Book Award, and received the Silver Gavel Award from the American Bar Association.
For readers of nonfiction and real cases, with an interest in law, the environment, and legal proceedings.
Jonathan Harr is an American writer, best known for the nonfiction work A Civil Action.
