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Rosalie Edge, Hawk of Mercy: The Activist Who Saved Nature from the Conservationists
by Furmansky, Dyana Z, and Clement, Roland C (Afterword by), and McKibben, Bill (Foreword by)
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University of Georgia Press, 2010. Trade paperback. Like New. 95x12x144. Signed by Author. Brief gift inscription by and signed by Furmansky. One page corner has been turned. Rosalie Edge (1877-1962) was the first American woman to achieve national renown as a conservationist. Dyana Z. Furmansky draws on Edgeâs personal papers and on interviews with family members and associates to portray an implacable, indomitable personality whose activism earned her the names âJoan of Arcâ and âhellcat.â A progressive New York socialite and veteran suffragist, Edge did not join the conservation movement until her early fifties. Nonetheless, her legacy of achievementsâcalled "widespread and monumental" by the New Yorkerâforms a crucial link between the eras defined by John Muir and Rachel Carson. An early voice against the indiscriminate use of toxins and pesticides, Edge reported evidence about the dangers of DDT fourteen years before Carson's Silent Spring was published.Today, Edge is most widely remembered for establishing Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, the world's first refuge for birds of prey. Founded in 1934 and located in eastern Pennsylvania, Hawk Mountain was cited in Silent Spring as an "especially significant" source of data. In 1930, Edge formed the militant Emergency Conservation Committee, which not only railed against the complacency of the Bureau of Biological Survey, Audubon Society, U.S. Forest Service, and other stewardship organizations but also exposed the complicity of some in the squandering of our natural heritage. Edge played key roles in the establishment of Olympic and Kings Canyon National Parks and the expansion of Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks. Filled with new insights into a tumultuous period in American conservation, this is the life story of an unforgettable individual whose work influenced the first generation of environmentalists, including the founders of the Wilderness Society, Nature Conservancy, and Environmental Defense Fund.
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- Title
- Rosalie Edge, Hawk of Mercy: The Activist Who Saved Nature from the Conservationists
- Author
- Furmansky, Dyana Z, and Clement, Roland C (Afterword by), and McKibben, Bill (Foreword by)
- Format/Binding
- Trade paperback
- Book Condition
- New
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- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0820336769
- ISBN 13
- 9780820336763
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- University of Georgia Press
- Place of Publication
- Athens, Ga
- Date Published
- 2010
- Size
- 95x12x144
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- 18 oz
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