Dispossessing the Wilderness: Indian Removal and the Making of the National Parks
An account of how national parks developed into one of the most important arenas of contention between native peoples and non-Indians in the twentieth century.
An account of how national parks developed into one of the most important arenas of contention between native peoples and non-Indians in the twentieth century.
First published in 1933, The People’s Forests makes a passionate case for the public ownership and management of the nation’s forests in the face of generations of devastating practices.
Faith in Nature traces the history of environmentalism—and its moral thrust—from its roots in the Enlightenment and Romanticism through the Progressive Era to the present.
The Monkey Wrench Gang fueled a new generation of angry young environmentalists (such as Earth First!) who practice monkey-wrenching, or sabotage for the sake of protecting the wilderness.
Bill Bryson introduces the history and ecology of the Appalachian Trail.