This Land Was Saved for You and Me: How Gifford Pinchot, Frederick Law Olmsted, and a Band of Foresters Rescued America's Public Lands

Author:   Jeffrey H. Ryan
Publisher:   Stackpole Books
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9780811771665


Pages:   232
Publication Date:   01 September 2022
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Jeffrey H. Ryan
Publisher:   Stackpole Books
Imprint:   Stackpole Books
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.80cm
Weight:   0.522kg
ISBN:  

9780811771665


ISBN 10:   0811771660
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   01 September 2022
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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Ryan covers the nearly century-long period between 1865 to the signing of the Wilderness Act of 1964. Olmsted influenced Pinchot, who became the first head of the National Forest Service, and in turn, Pinchot hired the foresters who became the founders of The Wilderness Society and creators of the Wilderness Act itself. This fascinating history emphasizes the cast of characters (among them Theodore Roosevelt, Bob Marshall, Benton MacKaye, Aldo Leopold, and Howard Zahniser) and provides context for their decisions and the political and economic factors that contributed to the triumphs and pitfalls in the quest to protect public lands. It is of interest to note that in researching this history, Ryan traveled to the places where these crusaders lived, worked, and were inspired to take up the cause to make public lands accessible to all. Fascinating, informative, exceptional, and unreservedly recommended for inclusion in community and academic library American Environmental History collections, it should be noted for the personal reading lists of students, academia, environmental activists, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject.-- Midwest Book Review


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Jeffrey H. Ryan is passionate about the outdoors and the conservation of public land and has written on the topic for Forbes and USA Today. He is also the author of Appalachian Odyssey (2016). He lives in Portland, Maine.

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