Preserving the Living Past: John C. Merriam's Legacy in the State and National Parks

by Stephen Mark and Stephen R. Mark

Book Overview

From his efforts to protect California's wild lands--including the state's majestic redwoods and its dynamic coastline--to his novel ideas about the educational and inspirational value of wilderness that continue to provoke debates to this day, this first biography of John C. Merriam (1869-1945) tells the story of the prominent paleontologist who became a visionary in the American conservation movement.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520241673
• ISBN13: 9780520241671
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 219 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"