Contributions

  • Mike Dombeck (Foreword) - Contributor
  • Douglas K. Midgett (Contributor) - Contributor

Publication

2002-06-02 - University Of Iowa Press

Language

English

Word Count

58,250 words, Guess

Page Count

233 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing7154401
  • Goodreads1631697

Classifications

  • LCCSD143 .M35 2002

Description

"Devoted conservationist, environmentalist, and explorer Robert Marshall (1901-1939) was chief of the Division of Recreation and Lands, U.S. Forest Service, when he died at age thirty-eight. Throughout his short but intense life, Marshall helped catalyze the preservation of millions of wilderness acres in all parts of the U.S., inspired countless wilderness advocates, and was a pioneer in the modern environmental movement: he and seven fellow conservationists founded the Wilderness Society in 1935. First published in 1933, The People's Forests made a passionate case for the public ownership and management of the nation's forests in the face of generations of devastating practices."--BOOK JACKET.

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