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Author:

Nielsen, Larry A., 1948- author.

Title:

Nature's allies : Eight conservationists who changed our world / Larry A. Nielsen ; forward by Curt Meine.

Publisher:

Island Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xv, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Muir, John,--1838-1914.
Darling, Jay N.--(Jay Norwood),--1876-1962.
Leopold, Aldo,--1886-1948.
Carson, Rachel,--1907-1964.
Mendes, Chico,--1944-1988.
Frank, Billy, Jr.,--1931-2014.
Maathai, Wangari,--1940-2011.
Brundtland, Gro Harlem,--1939-
Conservationists--Biography.
Environmentalists--Biography.
Biographies.

Other Authors:

Meine, Curt, writer of forward.
Island Press, publisher.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Chapter 8: Gro Harlem Brundtland: godmother of sustainable development. Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: John Muir: Earth-Planet, Universe -- Chapter 2: Ding Darling: the best friend a duck ever had -- Chapter 3: Aldo Leopold: a very large & important sumpin -- Chapter 4: Rachel Carson: The lady who started all this -- Chapter 5: Chico Mendes: Gandhi of the Amazon -- Chapter 6: Billy Frank Jr.: The getting-arrested guy -- Chapter 7: Wangari Maathai: the green crusader -- Chapter 8: Gro Harlem Brundtland: godmother of sustainable development.

ISBN:

1610917952
9781610917957

LCCN:

2016946591

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)