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Brinkley, Douglas.
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Nature conservation -- Alaska -- History.
Environmental protection -- Alaska -- History.
Conservationists -- Alaska -- History.
Nature conservation -- Alaska -- History.
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Brinkley, Douglas.
Nature conservation -- Alaska -- History.
Environmental protection -- Alaska -- History.
Conservationists -- Alaska -- History.
Nature conservation -- Alaska -- History.
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The
quiet
world
:
saving
Alaska
's
wilderness
kingdom
,
1879-1960
/ Douglas Brinkley.
by
Brinkley, Douglas.
Harper, c2011.
Call #:
333.78216 B858q
Subjects
Nature conservation --
Alaska
-- History.
Environmental protection --
Alaska
-- History.
Conservationists --
Alaska
-- History.
Nature conservation --
Alaska
-- History.
URL856
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URL856
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ISBN:
9780062005960
0062005960
Alternate title:
Saving
Alaska
's
wilderness
kingdom
,
1879-1960
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
x, 576 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [509]-550) and index.
Contents:
Odyssey of the snowy owl -- Theodore Roosevelt's conservation doctrine -- The Pinchot-Ballinger feud -- Bull Moose crusade -- Charles Sheldon's fierce fight -- Our vanishing wildlife -- The Lake Clark pact -- Resurrection Bay of Rockwell Kent -- The new
wilderness
generation -- Warren G. Harding : backlash -- Bob Marshall and the gates of the Arctic -- Those amazing Muries -- Will the wolf survive? -- William O. Douglas and New Deal conservation -- Ansel Adams, Wonder Lake, and the lady bush pilots -- Pribilof seals, Walt Disney, and the arctic wolves of Lois Crisler -- The Arctic Range and Aldo Leopold -- The Sheenjek Expedition of 1956 -- Dharma
wilderness
-- Of hoboes, barefooters, and the open road -- Sea Otter Jones and Musk-Ox Matthiessen -- Rachel Carson's alarm -- Selling the Arctic Refuge -- Arctic forever.
Summary:
A tribute to
Alaska
's
wilderness
regions details key preservation activities, leading contributors, and historical events.
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Alderney Gate Public Library
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