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Variant title |
Champions of the wilderness |
Contents |
Introduction: Who's a hero? What's a wilderness? -- Henry David Thoreau 1817-1862 : sage of Walden -- John Muir 1838-1914 : speaker for the wilderness -- Theodore Roosevelt 1858-1919 : the conservation president -- Aldo Leopold 1887-1948 : father of forest wilderness conservation -- Richard St. Barbe Baker 1889-1982 : man of the trees -- Margaret Murie 1902-2003 : grandmother of the conservation movement -- David Suzuki 1936-present : environmental activist -- Wangari Maathai 1940-present : tree mother of Africa -- Conclusion: Become a hero! |
Local note | Little-352286--305131031131M |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
LCCN | 2008053670 |
ISBN | 9781584691167 (pbk.) |
ISBN | 1584691166 (pbk.) |