Engineering Eden: The True Story of a Violent Death, a Trial, and the Fight Over Controlling Nature

by Jordan Fisher Smith

Book Overview

The fascinating story of a trial that opened a window onto the century-long battle to control nature in the national parks.

When twenty-five-year-old Harry Walker was killed by a bear in Yellowstone Park in 1972, the civil trial prompted by his death became a proxy for bigger questions about American wilderness management that had been boiling for a century. At immediate issue was whether the Park Service should have done more to keep...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307454266
• ISBN13: 9780307454263
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.6" x 9.5"