The Wilderness Writings of Howard Zahniser

Buch | Softcover

248 Seiten

2016
University of Washington Press (Verlag)
9780295995625 (ISBN)

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Howard Zahniser (1906–1964), executive secretary of The Wilderness Society and editor of The Living Wilderness from 1945 to 1964, is arguably the person most responsible for drafting and promoting the Wilderness Act in 1964. The act, which created the National Wilderness Preservation System, was the culmination of Zahniser's years of tenacious lobbying and his work with conservationists across the nation. In 1964, fifty-four wilderness areas in thirteen states were part of the system; today the number has grown to 757 areas, protecting more than a hundred million acres in forty-four states and Puerto Rico.

Zahniser's passion for wild places and his arguments for their preservation were communicated through radio addresses, magazine articles, speeches, and congressional testimony. An eloquent and often poetic writer, he seized every opportunity to make the case for the value of wilderness to people, communities, and the nation.

Despite his unquestioned importance and the power of his prose, the best of Zahniser's wilderness writings have never before been gathered in a single volume. This indispensable collection makes available in one place essays and other writings that played a vital role in persuading Congress and the American people that wilderness in the United States deserved permanent protection.

Mark Harvey is professor of history at North Dakota State University and the author of Wilderness Forever: Howard Zahniser and the Path to the Wilderness Act and A Symbol of Wilderness: Echo Park and the American Conservation Movement.

Foreword by William Cronon

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Makings of a Nature Writer

2. Transition to the Wilderness Society

3. Campaigning for Wilderness

4. Threats to Wild Lands

5. The Campaign for the Wilderness Bill

6. The Last Hurdle

7. Testimonies

Excerpts

Selected Bibliography

Permissions

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	29.02.2016
Reihe/Serie	Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics
Vorwort	William Cronon
Zusatzinfo	25 illus.
Verlagsort	Seattle
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	295 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Anthologien
	Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-13	9780295995625 / 9780295995625
Zustand	Neuware