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Presents the recorded impressions of the author when driving a flock of sheep towards the Merced River in Yosemite in 1869, detailing the animal and plant life he observed

A portrait of the life and achievements of the nineteenth-century American conservationist covers his critical campaigns, from the protection of endangered species to the co-creation of the national parks system.

Provides a portrait of Rachel Carson, often called the mother of the modern environmental movement and whose book Silent Spring warned the American public of the impact of pesticide on the environment and unleashed a national debate about science and safety. Often called the mother of the modern environmental movement, Rachel Carson rocked the world in 1962 with her book Silent Spring, which warned the American public of the impact of pesticides...

Few biologists in the long history of that science have been as productive, as ground-breaking and as controversial as the Alabama-born Edward Osborne Wilson. At 91 years of age he may be the most eminent American scientist in any field. Fascinated from an early age by the natural world in general and ants in particular, his field work on them and on all social insects has vastly expanded our knowledge of their many species and fascinating ways...