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Dreamers and Defenders : American Conservationists
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Dreamers and Defenders : American Conservationists Paperback - 1989

by Strong, Douglas H

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Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1989. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. Second Printing.. A fascinating collection of twelve biographical portraits of the leading environmentalists or conservationists from American history, ranging from Henry David Thoreau to Barry Commoner, collectively providing a dramatic and ongoing story of efforts to preserve America's natural resources, beauty, and wildlife, for their inhabitants and for future generations to enjoy and learn from. Softcover, contains illustrations, notes, bibliographical essay, indexed, 295pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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  • Title Dreamers and Defenders : American Conservationists
  • Author Strong, Douglas H
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Second Printing.
  • Condition Used - Very Good+
  • Pages 295
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln
  • Date 1989
  • Features Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 00012277
  • ISBN 9780803291560 / 0803291566
  • Weight 0.87 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.47 x 5.56 x 0.8 in (21.51 x 14.12 x 2.03 cm)
  • Reading level 1410
  • Library of Congress subjects Conservationists - United States - Biography
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 87030210
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

From the rear cover

In Dreamers and Defenders Douglas H. Strong related the triumphs and defeats of twelve environmentalists from Henry David Thoreau to Barry Common. Their biographies form the dramatic and ongoing story of the conservation movement in America.

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About the author

Douglas H. Strong, a professor of history at San Diego State University, is the author of Tahoe: An Environmental History (Nebraska).

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