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Loren Eiseley: Collected Essays on Evolution, Nature, and the Cosmos
A modern Thoreau explores the mysteries of the universe in this deluxe collector's boxed set.To read Loren Eiseley (1907–1977) is to renew a sense of wonder at the miracles and …
John Muir: Nature Writings (LOA #92)
The Country in the City
Winner of the Western History Association's 2009 Hal K. Rothman AwardFinalist in the Western Writers of America Spur Award for the Western Nonfiction Contemporary category …
Whales and Nations
Before commercial whaling was outlawed in the 1980s, diplomats, scientists, bureaucrats, environmentalists, and sometimes even whalers themselves had attempted to create an …
Where Land and Water Meet
Water and land interrelate in surprising and ambiguous ways, and riparian zones, where land and water meet, have effects far outside their boundaries. Using the Malheur Basin in …
Shaping the Shoreline
The Monterey coast, home to an acclaimed aquarium and the setting for John Steinbeck's classic novel Cannery Row, was also the stage for a historical junction of industry and …
Dreaming of Sheep in Navajo Country
2011 Winner of the Hal K. Rothman Award for the Best Book on Western Environmental History 2010 Winner of the Norris and Carol Hundley Prize and the Caroline Bancroft Honor Prize …
Conservation in the Progressive Era
Conservation was the first nationwide political movement in American history to grapple with environmental problems like waste, pollution, resource exhaustion, and sustainability. …
George Perkins Marsh
George Perkins Marsh (1801–1882) was the first to reveal the menace of environmental misuse, to explain its causes, and to prescribe reforms. David Lowenthal here offers fresh …
A Symbol of Wilderness
Harvey details the first major clash between conservationists and developers after World War II, the successful fight to prevent the building of Echo Park Dam. The dam on the Green …