Laurance S. Rockefeller: Catalyst For Conservation (signed with letters)

Winks, Robin W.

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Sprache: Englisch

Verlag: Island Press, 1997

1559635479 / 9781559635479

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Notable for laid in materials: Two typed letters signed (TLS) by Laurance Rockefeller from Fifth Avenue sending thanks (and unexpected compensation) to one Elizabeth Enos for her part in organizing a "set-up" or archive related to his collection of photographs (the second is mainly in reply to birthday greetings). A third TLS from his assistant, Ruth Haupert, is dated 2004 and shares of Rockefeller's death; it details about how she came to work for Rockefeller and her plans now that he's gone, and has more the feel fo a general life update. As the book narrates, Laurance Rockefeller was a notable conservationist (Lady Bird Johnson in 1967 labeled him "America's leading conservationist"). He bankrolled the expansion of Grand Teton National Park and helped lead and fund the establishment or expansion of national parks in California, the Virgin Islands, Vermont, Maine and Hawaii. And much more. The book is not signed itself; it is only very good with a slightly cocked spine and foxing/dust soiling to edges of the text block. The jacket is similarly very good with soiling and rubbing. But very readable and a nice collection of materials within. // Wood (+) River (=) Books specializes in ecology, natural history, nature writing, the environment, and environmental literature, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions.…

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Titel
Laurance S. Rockefeller: Catalyst For Conservation (signed with letters)
Autor
Winks, Robin W.
Verlag
Island Press
Erscheinungsjahr
1997
Zustand
Very Good
Schutzumschlag
Very Good
Signiert
Signatur des Verfassers
Einband
Hardcover
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN-10
1559635479
ISBN-13
9781559635479
Auflage
1st Edition.
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Biographies of Environmentalists, Laid-in/Tipped-in Materials

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Visit us at www.ruralhours.com. Rural Hours (formerly Wood River Books) specializes in ecology, natural history, nature and science writing, the environment, ecopoetics, contemporary essay, and literary journalism, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions. Our name is an homage to Susan Fenimore Cooper's book Rural Hours (1850), considered the first work of environmental nonfiction by an American woman. The daughter of James Fenimore Cooper, Susan Cooper was also an accomplished watercolorist, and her birds from Rural Hours populate these pages. Her rendering of a "chimney swallow" (now known as a swift) serves as our logo and mascot: sleek and elevated, part sky and part city street. Rural Hours is mainly a project of writer and teacher Nick Neely. Along with a pair of MFA degrees in nonfiction and poetry, Nick has a Master's in Literature and Environment from the University of Nevada, Reno. He has much expertise and years of experience in the field of eco-writing. His first book, Coast Range, was a finalist for John Burroughs Medal for nature writing and his second book, Alta California--about a 12-week trek he made along the California coast--was a Los Angeles Times bestseller. Check out the "Rambles" page for eventual short essays from him on environmental lit, new books, and more. Rural Hours is a young venture, but we aspire to be among the leaders in the field of rare and interesting eco-writing. We believe, emphatically, that environmental literature and its preservation is in the service of the preservation of the world. In addition to helping serious collectors and institutions build their libraries and archives, our goal is to curate a substantial "house collection" of environmental writing for public display on this site and beyond, one that shows the evolution of the genre(s). That will be a perennial work in progress. We hope to draw a deep, explorable map of environmental writing that traces the lineage and connections between authors and artists determined to render and protect the earth, locally and globally. At the same time, we would like to challenge the usual contours of the "environmental literature" canon and promote a more diverse and inclusive array of voices; in that way, our longterm goal is to excavate the past and curate toward the future. Rural Hours also hopes to eventually have an open shop and gallery space, but for now we are only online. You've come to the right the place. Enjoy poking around, and then head out for a walk.…