Benton MacKaye: Conservationist, Planner, and Creator of the Appalachian Trail (Creating the North American Landscape (Paperback))
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (836 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0801890942 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 468 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Spanning three-quarters of a century, his long and productive career had a major impact on emerging movements in conservation, environmentalism, and regional planning. This book will appeal to students, scholars, and professionals in preservation, conservation, recreation, planning, and American studies, as well as general readers interested in these subjects.. Drawing on extensive research, Larry Anderson traces MacKaye's extensive career, examines his many published works, and describes the importance of MacKaye's relationships with such influential figures as Lewis Mumford, Aldo Leopold, and Walter Lippmann. Planner and originator of the Appalachian Trail and a cofounder of the Wilderness Society, Benton MacKaye (1879-1975) was a pioneer in linking the concepts of preservation and recreation. MacKaye's seminal ideas on outdoor recreation, wilderness pr
Four Stars A great introduction to an important author.
Larry Anderson is a freelance writer and independent scholar.
(Ed Zahniser Friends of Allegheny Wilderness)As much a biography of MacKaye's intellectual journey as it is a life story It is unimaginableafter reading 400 pages of text and 50 pages of footnotes, scholarly in appearance and journalistic in approachthat an extant piece of writing by or about MacKaye has since escaped Anderson's attentions. In weaving together his subject's private worries and public activism, Anderson has given us the definitive and first full biographical treatment of MacKaye, a remarkable achievement. (Choice<