conservationists

Profiles 10 Americans who have spent the past two centuries understanding, protecting, and documenting the natural wilderness of the United States.

Biography, in text and photographs, of the biologist whose book, Silent spring, changed the way people around the world think about the environment.

Sand County almanac is often hailed as a foundational work of the modern environmental movement. Here, it is paired with over fifty other pieces by Leopold: uncollected articles, essays, speeches, and other writings that chart the evolution of his ideas of the course of three decades.

A biography of the naturalist and explorer who helped found the Sierra Club and was influential in the development of our national park system.

Wangari Maathai, known as Mama Miti, mother of trees, shares her wisdom with other women by advising them to plant trees native to Kenya to solve their many problems.

Examines the life of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize-winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai, who made a stand in the face of opposition to women's rights and started an effort to restore Kenya's ecosystem.

Examines the accomplishments and failures of twelve environmentalists and places their stories in the context of the conservation movement in America.

Presents a collection of biographies that profiles the lives of twelve nineteenth and twentieth-century women conservationists including Mary Austin, Rachel Carson, Faith McNulty, and Mollie Beattie.

Provides a biography of Theodore Roosevelt chronicling his early years, adolescence, and political career. Focuses on Roosevelt's efforts to conserve America's natural resources and discusses his legacy. Includes a chronology, a glossary, and further resources.

Biography of naturalist John Muir, whose love for the wilderness and battles on behalf of the environment, inspired him to found the Sierra Club.