| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xiv, 285 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
pt. 1. In the Southern mountains: Pisgah: dawn of American forestry -- Why the Rockfeller $5,000,000? -- President and I discuss Tellico Dam -- A new age of walking Americans -- Weavers and woodcarvers -soft and mellow and rich -- World's greatest road -but no highway -- Poison coverup in Tennessee -- To save the Southern highlands -- Harvey Broome, my teacher and hero -- Any wilderness in the East? -- Protecting the public options -- Panthers wanted -alive, back East, where they belong -- If the panther can make it, so will we -- pt. 2. Conscience of a conservationist: America the beautiful -heritage or honkytonk? -- Let's rescue our roadsides -now! -- On such foundations -the National Park Service at fifty -- Politics of conservation -- A conservation ethic -- On the day Martin Luther King died -- Welcome back to school from the old professor -- A pacifist spoke to me on Earth Day -- Saving the wilderness -- Forestry: fallacy and failure of dominant use -- To Lucy: "Unlock your dreams and courage" -- When fishermen save the world -- Freedom of the press -for those who own one -- Forestry: only God can make a tree, but ... -- Thoreau's glad tidings. |
| Subject |
Nature conservation -- Appalachian Region, Southern.
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Nature conservation. |
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Southern Appalachian Region. |
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Frome, Michael.
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Frome, Michael. |
| Added Title |
Essays. Selections https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88122523
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| ISBN |
0870496026 alkaline paper |
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9780870496028 alkaline paper |
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