Wilderness Forever: Howard Zahniser and the Path to the Wilderness Act

by Mark W.T. Harvey

Book Overview

Winner of the Forest History Society's 2006 Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Book Award

As a central figure in the American wilderness preservation movement in the mid-twentieth century, Howard Zahniser (1906-1964) was the person most responsible for the landmark Wilderness Act of 1964. While the rugged outdoorsmen of the earlyenvironmental movement, such as John Muir and Bob Marshall, gave the cause a charismatic face, Zahniser strove to bring conservation's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295987073
• ISBN13: 9780295987071
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher