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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
.
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URL856
Contributor biographical information
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
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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
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Ansel Adams, Wonder Lake, and the lady bush pilots
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Pribilof seals, Walt Disney, and the arctic wolves of Lois Crisler
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The Arctic Range and Aldo Leopold
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The Sheenjek Expedition of 1956
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Dharma wilderness
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Of hoboes, barefooters, and the open road
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Sea Otter Jones and Musk-Ox Matthiessen
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Rachel Carson's alarm
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Selling the Arctic Refuge
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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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