The Quiet World: Saving Alaska's Wilderness Kingdom, 1879-1960 Paperback - 2011
by Douglas Brinkley
From the rear cover
The Quiet World is an epic history of the grassroots activists and artists who, with the U.S. federal government, saved vast reaches of wild Alaska from 1879 to 1960. Beginning with naturalist John Muir, who explored the towering glaciers of the Inside Passage, and ending with President Dwight Eisenhower, who created the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), Brinkley showcases how extraction industry bigwigs were outfoxed by a colorful gallery of "wilderness believers," including Bull Moose presidential candidate Theodore Roosevelt, indomitable U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, photographer Ansel Adams, U.S. Fish and Wildlife biologist Rachel Carson, and many others. Brinkley also details conservationists' inspiration to protect Alaska's natural resources for future generations and tells incredible stories of its wildlife.
The Quiet World is an ode to the great Alaskan outdoors, and as we grapple with the perils of global warming and oil spills, it is essential reading.
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- Title The Quiet World: Saving Alaska's Wilderness Kingdom, 1879-1960
- Author Douglas Brinkley
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 624
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial
- Date 2011-12-20
- Features Bibliography, Index, Maps
- ISBN 9780062005977 / 0062005979
- Weight 1.48 lbs (0.67 kg)
- Dimensions 8.95 x 5.97 x 1.21 in (22.73 x 15.16 x 3.07 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Chronological Period: 1851-1899
- Cultural Region: Pacific Northwest
- Geographic Orientation: Alaska
- Topical: Ecology
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011280865
- Dewey Decimal Code 333.720
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