conservationists

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conservationists

Naturalists, conservationists, and environmentalists

1994
Profiles 10 Americans who have spent the past two centuries understanding, protecting, and documenting the natural wilderness of the United States.

Rachel Carson

1995
Biography, in text and photographs, of the biologist whose book, Silent spring, changed the way people around the world think about the environment.

A Sand County almanac & other writings on ecology and conservation

2013
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.

John Muir, wilderness protector

1992
A biography of the naturalist and explorer who helped found the Sierra Club and was influential in the development of our national park system.

Mama Miti

Wangari Maathai and the trees of Kenya
2010
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.

Seeds of change

planting a path to peace
2010
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.

Dreamers & defenders

American conservationists
1988
Examines the accomplishments and failures of twelve environmentalists and places their stories in the context of the conservation movement in America.

American women conservationists

twelve profiles
2004
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.

Theodore Roosevelt

2011
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.

John Muir

wilderness prophet
1995
Biography of naturalist John Muir, whose love for the wilderness and battles on behalf of the environment, inspired him to found the Sierra Club.

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