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Author:

Philippon, Daniel J.

Title:

Conserving words : how American nature writers shaped the environmental movement / Daniel J. Philippon.

Publisher:

University of Georgia Press,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

xv, 373 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Natural history literature--United States--History.
Environmentalism--United States--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-357) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: The Ecology of Influence -- Preserving the Pieces: Progressive Conservation -- The Closing of the Frontier: Theodore Roosevelt and the Boone and Crockett Club -- The Garden, You, and I: Mabel Osgood Wright and the National Audubon Society -- Our National Parks: John Muir and the Sierra Club -- Protecting the Planet: Modern Environmentalism -- The Call of the Wild: Aldo Leopold and the Wilderness Society -- Toward Ecotopia: Edward Abbey and Earth First! -- Conclusion: The Island as Metaphor.

ISBN:

9780820325767 (alk. paper)
0820325767 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)52876182

LCCN:

2003016938

Locations:

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)