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1 online resource (xviii, 227 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Weyerhaeuser environmental classics
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Weyerhaeuser environmental classics.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Evangelist for the Wilderness -- Part 1. The Makings of a Nature Writer -- Part 2. Transition to The Wilderness Society -- Part 3. Campaigning for Wilderness -- Part 4. Threats to Wild Lands -- Part 5. The Campaign for the Wilderness Bill -- Part 6. The Last Hurdle -- Part 7. Testimonies -- Excerpts from the Wilderness Act of 1964. |
| Summary |
"Howard Zahniser (1906-1964), executive secretary of The Wilderness Society and editor of The Living Wilderness from 1945 to 1964, is arguably the person most responsible for drafting and promoting the Wilderness Act in 1964. The act, which created the National Wilderness Preservation System, was the culmination of Zahniser's years of tenacious lobbying and his work with conservationists across the nation. In 1964, fifty-four wilderness areas in thirteen states were part of the system; today the number has grown to 757 areas, protecting more than a hundred million acres in forty-four states and Puerto Rico. Zahniser's passion for wild places and his arguments for their preservation were communicated through radio addresses, magazine articles, speeches, and congressional testimony. An eloquent and often poetic writer, he seized every opportunity to make the case for the value of wilderness to people, communities, and the nation. Despite his unquestioned importance and the power of his prose, the best of Zahniser's wilderness writings have never before been gathered in a single volume. This indispensable collection makes available in one place essays and other writings that played a vital role in persuading Congress and the American people that wilderness in the United States deserved permanent protection. Mark Harvey, author of the standard biography of Zahniser, provides prefaces to the essays that outline the contexts in which they were written as well as a general introduction to the man whose vision, decency, and quiet passion shine from the pages of this book. Mark Harvey is professor of history at North Dakota State University and the author of Wilderness Forever : Howard Zahniser and the Path to the Wilderness Act and A Symbol of Wilderness : Echo Park and the American Conservation Movement; "Howard Zahniser authored the Wilderness Act of 1964 and was its most tireless advocate. A quiet, self-effacing man who felt no need to call attention to himself, he was also a graceful and eloquent writer whose essays--widely scattered in hard-to-find periodicals--deserve to be much more widely read than they have been. This first-ever anthology gathers his most important wilderness writings into a single volume to make them available to modern readers as never before"--William Cronon"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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United States. Wilderness Act.
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Zahniser, Howard.
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Zahniser, Howard. |
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Zahniser, Howard -- Political and social views.
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Political and social views. |
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Wilderness Act (United States) |
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Wilderness areas -- United States.
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Wilderness areas. |
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United States. |
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Nature conservation -- United States.
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Nature conservation. |
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Wilderness areas -- Government policy -- United States.
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Wilderness areas -- Government policy. |
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Nature conservation -- Government policy -- United States.
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Nature conservation -- Government policy. |
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United States -- Environmental conditions.
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Environmental conditions. |
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Conservationists -- United States -- Biography.
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Conservationists. |
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Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Harvey, Mark W. T. (Mark William Thornton), editor.
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Cronon, William, author of foreword.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Zahniser, Howard, author. Wilderness writings of Howard Zahniser 9780295993911 (DLC) 2013051125 (OCoLC)862347572 |
| ISBN |
9780295805153 (electronic book) |
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0295805153 (electronic book) |
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9780295993911 |
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029599391X |
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