Publication

2003-11-01 - Island Press

Language

English

Word Count

96,000 words, Guess

Page Count

384 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2003016275
  • LibraryThing1341739
  • Goodreads1833345

Classifications

  • LCCGE56.T73A3 2003

Description

"In Politics, Pollution, and Pandas Russell Train recounts his growing interest in conservation in the 1950s, his remarkable work in the administrations of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, and his subsequent activities on behalf of conservation around the world." "Filled with insightful discussions of and anecdotes about Washington politics, domestic and international environmental affairs, world leaders, and U.S. presidents from Nixon to the Bushes, Politics, Pollution, and Pandas is a behind-the-scenes account of environmental politics as told by one of its master architects."--Jacket.

First Sentence

I WAS FORTY-EIGHT years old on that fateful day in New York when my meeting with President-Elect Nixon marked the imminent beginning of my career as an environmentalist in government.

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