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"These carefully selected writings . . . allow environmental historians to see the evolution of an idea that was formative to our field, and demonstrates that wilderness remains a compelling concept to explore relationships between humans and nonhuman beings."

-- Sarah Mittlefehldt * H-Net Reviews *

"Howard Zahniser (1906–1964) lived and worked in a world of words, and Harvey (North Dakota State Univ.) has done an exemplary job of arranging Zahniser's own words to reveal his heart and soul, from his spiritual foundations as a child to his eight-year battle to secure passage of the Wilderness Act of 1964."

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Table of Contents

Foreword by William Cronon
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Makings of a Nature Writer
2. Transition to the Wilderness Society
3. Campaigning for Wilderness
4. Threats to Wild Lands
5. The Campaign for the Wilderness Bill
6. The Last Hurdle
7. Testimonies
Excerpts
Selected Bibliography
Permissions
Index

The Wilderness Writings of Howard Zahniser

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      Publisher: University of Washington Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/03/2016
      ISBN13: 9780295995625, 978-0295995625
      ISBN10: 0295995629
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      Biography: general Environmentalist thought and ideology

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review

      "These carefully selected writings . . . allow environmental historians to see the evolution of an idea that was formative to our field, and demonstrates that wilderness remains a compelling concept to explore relationships between humans and nonhuman beings."

      -- Sarah Mittlefehldt * H-Net Reviews *

      "Howard Zahniser (1906–1964) lived and worked in a world of words, and Harvey (North Dakota State Univ.) has done an exemplary job of arranging Zahniser's own words to reveal his heart and soul, from his spiritual foundations as a child to his eight-year battle to secure passage of the Wilderness Act of 1964."

      * Choice *

      Table of Contents

      Foreword by William Cronon
      Preface
      Acknowledgments
      Introduction
      1. The Makings of a Nature Writer
      2. Transition to the Wilderness Society
      3. Campaigning for Wilderness
      4. Threats to Wild Lands
      5. The Campaign for the Wilderness Bill
      6. The Last Hurdle
      7. Testimonies
      Excerpts
      Selected Bibliography
      Permissions
      Index

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