Gifford Pinchot and the Making of Modern Environmentalism (Pioneers of Conservation)
Miller (history, Trinity Univ. of San Antonio) examines the life  of Gifford Pinchot, the first chief of the U.S. Forest Service,  remembered for a very public disagreement with Secretary of the  Interior Richard Ballinger and President William Howard Taft.  Pinchot emerges as a complicated person driven by a passion for  public service and an abiding love for the outdoors. A Yale  graduate, he utilized family connections to foster his political  career. As a like-minded progressive, President Theodore  Roosevelt teamed with Pinchot to advocate multiple use of the  nation's forested lands and to identify and then set aside  thousands of acres for preservation. This biography examines  Pinchot's personality by presenting an extensive discussion of  his career as head of the National Conservation Association,  two-term governor of Pennsylvania, the author of a forestry  training manual and an autobiography, and the husband of  feminist Cornelia Bryce. Pinchot's life and work are as relevant  today as they were during the early 20th century. A previous  biography, Harold Pinkett's Gifford Pinchot: Public and Private  Forester, is out of print. Recommended for all libraries,  especially those with environmental collections. Patricia Ann  Owens, Wabash Valley Coll., Mt. Carmel, ILCopyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.