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Quiet World Saving Alaskas Wilderness Kingdom 1879 1960

by Douglas Brinkley
Quiet World Saving Alaskas Wilderness Kingdom 1879 1960

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A riveting history of America's most beautiful natural resources, The Quiet World documents the heroic fight waged by the U.S. federal government from 1879 to 1960 to save wild Alaska — Mount McKinley, the Tongass and Chugach national forests, Gates of the Arctic, Glacier Bay, Lake Clark, and the Coastal Plain of the Beaufort Sea, among other treasured landscapes — from the extraction industries. Award-winning historian Douglas Brinkley traces the wilderness movement in Alaska, from John Muir to Theodore Roosevelt to Aldo Leopold to Dwight D. Eisenhower, with narrative verve. Basing his research on extensive new archival material, Brinkley shows how a colorful band of determined environmentalists created the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge just before John F. Kennedy became president.

Brinkley introduces a lively gallery of characters influential in preserving Alaska's wilderness resources: the indomitable U.S. Supreme Court justice William O. Douglas, who championed the Brooks Range; charming Ivy League explorer Charles Sheldon, who led the campaign to create Denali National Park; intrepid Bob Marshall, who cofounded The Wilderness Society; hermit illustrator Rockwell Kent, who lived in isolation on Fox Island like a modern Thoreau; nature photographer Ansel Adams, whose image Mount McKinley and Wonder Lake set off a tsunami of public interest in America's tallest peak; and U.S. Fish and Wildlife biologist Rachel Carson, who promoted proper ocean stewardship; among many more.

Wildlife fervently comes to life in The Quiet World: Brinkley tells incredible stories about the sea otters in the Aleutians, moose in the Kenai Peninsula, and birdlife across the Yukon Delta expanse while exploring the devastating effects that reckless overfishing, seal slaughter, and aerial wolf hunting have wrought on Alaska's once-abundant fauna. While taking into account Exxon Valdez-like oil spills, The Quiet World mainly celebrates how the U.S. government has preserved many of Alaska's great wonders for future generations to enjoy.

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"A scrupulous, dramatic chronicle of the complex struggle to protect Alaska’s glorious wilderness and wildlife in the years before it became a state. . . Essential to understanding today’s environmental challenges, Brinkley’s Alaskan history and pantheon of valiant conservationists is boldly original, enlightening, enthralling, and profoundly moving." Booklist (starred review)

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"Few of us are lucky enough to find our lifework; those who do are likely to experience exhilaration, fascination, joy and deep fulfillment in its pursuit, not to mention leaving themselves open to failure, derision, exhaustion or utter despair. So it's safe to assume that Douglas Brinkley does not refer to the Wilderness Cycle, his multi-volume history of the United States conservation movement, as 'my lifework' lightly."
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In this follow up to his acclaimed Wilderness Warrior, New York Times-bestselling historian Brinkley offers a fascinating look at Alaska's wilderness.

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In this fascinating follow-up to his New York Times bestseller Wilderness Warrior, acclaimed historian Douglas Brinkley offers a riveting, expansive look at the past and present battle to preserve Alaskas wilderness. Brinkley explores the colorful diversity of Alaskas wildlife, arrays the forces that have wreaked havoc on its primeval arctic refuge—from Klondike Gold Rush prospectors to environmental disasters like the Exxon-Valdez oil spill—and documents environmental heroes from Theodore Roosevelt to Dwight Eisenhower and beyond. Not merely a record of Alaskas past, Quiet World is a compelling call-to-arms for sustainability, conservationism, and conscientious environmental stewardship—a warning that the land once called Sewards Folly may go down in history as Americas Greatest Mistake.

About the Author

Douglas Brinkley is a professor of history at Rice University and a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. The Chicago Tribune has dubbed him "America's new past master." Six of his books have been selected as New York Times Notable Books of the Year, including his most recent, The Wilderness Warrior. He is the recipient of the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for The Great Deluge. He lives in Texas with his wife and three children.

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Mark Jolly-Van Bodeg , January 04, 2013
As with The Wilderness Warrior, Brinkley does not disappoint in his recounting of the history of the US preservation movement's successes in Alaska. The Quiet World has a scope and sweep that live up to its subject, and Brinkley effectively shares both the stories of those who have helped keep Alaska wild and the sense of wonder the land inspires. His own travels in the state shine through in his writing; though he doesn't discuss them directly except once in the acknowledgments, if I remember correctly, his descriptions and the mood of much of his writing reflects personal knowledge. The Wilderness Warrior and The Quiet World are the first two books in a Wilderness Cycle Brinkley has planned, with the next book due out in 2014. In addition to being incredibly enjoyable to read, his books are providing us an important service by bringing to life the hard work and exciting successes, as well as the challenges and failures, of US conservation history. We should all be so aware of the debt we owe the conservationists of generations past.

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ISBN:
9780062005960
Binding:
Hardcover
Publication date:
01/01/2011
Publisher:
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
Pages:
592
Height:
9 in.
Width:
9 in.
Thickness:
.25 in.
Grade Range:
General/trade
Number of Units:
1
UPC Code:
4294967295
Author:
Douglas Brinkley
Subject:
World History-General

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