Contents -- Foreword: Why So Important a Story Is So Little Known by William Cronon -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: Hells Canyon High Damand the Postwar Northwest -- 2. At Hell's Gates -- 3. Nationalizing Nature: The New Deal Legacy of Snake Basin Hydropower -- 4. Taming Rivers and Presidents: The Hells Canyon Controversy Goes National -- 5. Planning for Permanent Control: The New Deal Legacy of Northwest Fishery Policy -- 6. Sacrificing Hells Canyon's Fish: Death by Committee -- 7. Unplugging the New Deal: Hells Canyon High Damand the Postwar Public-Power Debate -- 8. Claiming the Public Interest: Idaho Power Moves on Hells Canyon -- 9. Privatizing Hells Canyon: Dwight Eisenhower's Partnership with Idaho Power -- 10. From Energy to Environment: The Aftermath of the Hells Canyon Controversy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.