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The quiet world : saving Alaska's wilderness kingdom, 1879-1960 / Douglas Brinkley.
A tribute to Alaska's wilderness regions details key preservation activities, leading contributors, and historical events.
Record details
- ISBN: 0062005960
- ISBN: 9780062005960
- ISBN: 9780062005977 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 0062005979 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: x, 576 pages, [32] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Harper, �2011.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 509-550) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
| Creation/Production Credits Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [509]-550) and index. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Nature conservation > Alaska > History. Environmental protection > Alaska > History. Conservationists > Alaska > History. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lummi Library | QH 76.5 .A4 B75 2011 | 286248 | Stacks | Reshelving | - |