Bill Sharpsteen is a writer and photographer based in Los Angeles. He is the author of Dirty Water: One Man's Fight to Clean Up One of the World's Most Polluted Bays (UC Press), and his articles have appeared in the Los Angeles Times Magazine, Los Angeles Magazine, and The Washington Post. He is also an award-winning documentary producer.
Wildly enlightening ... Skillfully teases out the port's role within the global economy and how every American depends upon the people who make it work. --Zyzzyva Provides an engrossing tour of the place where your easy chair, your children's toys and the shirt on your back most likely came ashore. --Wall Street Journal A fine-grained view of how the world's trade is kept flowing. --Onearth Beautifully illuminating. --Santa Barbara News-Press An excellent and entertaining book. --Bookloons Reviews