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<p> Both inspirational and practical, this book is a valuable resource for all who wish to continue the quest to conserve America's wilderness. <p> --Northeastern Naturalist

With great zeal and tremendous admiration, [Smith] winds through each of Saylor's political battles on behalf of the environment. . . . Ultimately, it is the very incongruity of his political views that demonstrates Saylor's importance in issues ranging from the construction of the Alaska Pipeline to the construction of the Kinzua Dam in Pennsylvania. . . . Through Smith's fine retelling of these political stories, readers learn that John Saylor is a most deserving member of Pennsylvania's pantheon of environmental heroes. --Pennsylvania Magazine of History & Biography Smith's book, the only in-depth study of Saylor, fills a noticeable gap in the histriography of the modern environmental movement. The breadth of Smith's research on Saylor is impressive. --Western Historical Quarterly Representative John Saylor was one of the driving forces behind critical environmental legislation in post-World War II America. This absorbing biography probes Saylor's shrewd, sometimes blunt, maneuvers to defend wild places and enact legal protection for some of our most treasured landscapes, from the Allegheny Mountains to the Grand Canyon. With this compelling biography, Thomas G. Smith restores John Saylor to his rightful place in the annals of American environmental history. --Char Miller, Trinity University Thomas G. Smith does a fine job arguing for the importance of Saylor in the dawn of the environmental age. As much a history of major conservation events as a pure biography, the book provides sufficient context to see Saylor as the maverick he was. Saylor emerges as a man who genuinely cared for nature, before it was popular politically, someone strong enough to stand up to powerful interests and smart enough to emerge victorious. . . . Smith's research is superb. . . . It stands as first-rate scholarship. --The Journal of American History Both inspirational and practical, this book is a valuable resource for all who wish to continue the quest to conserve America's wilderness. --Northeastern Naturalist

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Thomas G. Smith is professor and chairman of the department of history at Nichols College. He is coauthor of Independent: A Biography of Lewis W. Douglas.

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