Wilderness Forever: Howard Zahniser and the Path to the Wilderness Act (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books)
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (730 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0295987073 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 328 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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In this deeply researched and affectionate portrait, Mark Harvey brings to life this great leader of environmental activism.. His love of nature was not so much a result of scientific curiosity as a sense of wonder at its beauty and majesty, and a wish to exist in harmony with all other living things. The culmination of his wilderness writing and political lobbying was the Wilderness Act of 1964. Zahniser grew up in a family of Methodist ministers, and although he moved away from any specific denomination, a spiritual outlook informed his thinking about wilderness. Winner of t
Highly recommended for the lay reader as well as the scholar."Electronic Green Journal"Do environmental historians really need yet another biography of a heroic environmentalist? In the case of Mark Harvey's graceful study of Howard Zahniser, the answer to that question would seem to be, surprisingly, yes, the pantheon of environmental heroes needs to make room for one more addition. "Wilderness Forever leads environmental history out of Carson's long shadow. Those seeking to understand the tectonic shifts in environmental politics in the mid-twentieth century and the quiet man who played an unexpectedly large role in many of them will find Wilderness Forever to be a welcome and long overdue work of environmental biography."The Journal of American History"Mark Harvey's Wilderness Forever is a superb biography of the nation's pree
doomsdayer5"The Conservationist's Insider" according to doomsdayer520. This well-researched, straightforward biography will be of great use to anyone interested in the history of conservation and environmentalism in America. Howard Zahniser was a very important early member of the influential Wilderness Society, and was a contemporary of famous outdoor activists such as Aldo Leopold, Benton MacKaye, Olaus Murie, and Robert Marshall. Zahniser is less well-known than those celebrity conservationists because he excelled as an insider who specialized in writing, a. 0 said The Conservationist's Insider. This well-researched, straightforward biography will be of great use to anyone interested in the history of conservation and environmentalism in America. Howard Zahniser was a very important early member of the influential Wilderness Society, and was a contemporary of famous outdoor activists such as Aldo Leopold, Benton MacKaye, Olaus Murie, and Robert Marshall. Zahniser is less well-known than those celebrity conservationists because he excelled as an insider who specialized in writing, a