Grand Canyon to Hearst Ranch

One Woman's Fight to Save Land in the American West

AvElizabeth Austin

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

In the 1950s, Harriet Hunt Burgess persevered in the face of daunting obstacles and took extraordinary risks to conserve hundreds of thousands of acres of land in the American West. Without Burgess, places like the Lake Tahoe region and the California coast would be much different today. From Grand Canyon to Hearst Ranch is the story of her struggle, but it is also the story of author Elizabeth Austin's search to find Burgess and tell her more personal story. Austin searches beyond documents and interviews, traveling in Burgess's wake and, in the case of the Grand Canyon, taking a life-changing rafting trip through its depths. Austin has interwoven her journey through the Grand Canyon and Harriet’s experiences there with explorations of her early life and five of her most significant and representative conservation achievements as the founder of the American Land Conservancy.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-04-21
Mått:163 x 234 x 29 mm
Vikt:726 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:TwoDot
Antal sidor:432
Förlag:Globe Pequot Press
ISBN:9781493048342
Utmärkelser:Short-listed for WILLA Literary Award 2020 (United States)

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Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Amerikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi

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Elizabeth Austin is uniquely qualified to tell Harriet’s story. She has had unrestricted access to the files of Harriet’s organization, the American Land Conservancy (ALC). She enjoys the friendship and assistance of Harriet’s eldest daughter who spent many years working for her mother at ALC. She has had the full cooperation of Harriet’s family. Elizabeth already knew or was able to meet many of Harriet’s friends and business associates including Martin Litton, Bruce Babbitt, and Steve Hearst. Her husband, Russell Austin, was Harriet’s longtime advisor as well as ALC’s attorney. Like Harriet, Elizabeth has traveled through the Grand Canyon in a dory on the Colorado River. Elizabeth Austin is an experienced librarian and historian with master’s degrees in both fields and one book, To Be the Change You Wish to See (2d ed., Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley Public Policy Press, 2017), already published.