num_pages: 629
description: Douglas Brinkley has written a sweeping blow-by-blow account of the struggle to preserve the last great remnants of American wilderness. An engaging appraisal of the crucial skirmishes in the battle over wild Alaska The Quiet World is populated not only by the requisite luminaries like John Muir and Ansel Adams but also by a cast of quirky unexpected characters. The Quiet World is a fascinating and important read.  Jon Krakauer In this follow-up to his New York Times bestseller Wilderness Warrior  acclaimed historian Douglas Brinkley offers a riveting expansive look at the past and present battle to preserve Alaskas wilderness. Brinkley explores the colorful diversity of Alaskas wildlife arrays the forces that have wreaked havoc on its primeval arctic refugefrom Klondike Gold Rush prospectors to environmental disasters like the Exxon-Valdez oil spilland documents environmental heroes from Theodore Roosevelt to Dwight Eisenhower and beyond. Not merely a record of Alaskas past The Quiet World is a compelling call-to-arms for sustainability conservationism and conscientious environmental stewardshipa warning that the land once called Sewards Folly may go down in history as Americas Greatest Mistake.
language: English
title: The Quiet World: Saving Alaska's Wilderness Kingdom, 1879-1960
publisher: None