Benton MacKaye
Subtitle: Conservationist, Planner, and Creator of the Appalachian Trail (Creating the North American Landscape)
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: November 12, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9780801869020
Subjects: Biography: general; Conservation of the environment; Regional & Area Planning; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Environmental Science; Regional planners; Conservation Of Natural Resources (General); Environmental Planning And Management; Nature; Environmental Studies; Nature/Ecology; USA; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; General; Architecture / Landscape; United States; Public Policy - Regional Planning; 1879-1975; Biography; Conservationists; MacKaye, Benton,
First sentence: Hunting Hill is situated at the southeast point of a plateau about three miles square on the north side of Mulpus Brook,"wrote four-teen-year-old Benton MacKaye in his self-design.
Description: "Planner and originator of the Appalachian Trail and a cofounder of the Wilderness Society, Benton MacKaye (1879-1975) was a pioneer in linking the concepts of preservation and recreation. Spanning three-quarters of a century, his long and productive career had a major impact on emerging movements in conservation, environmentalism, regional planning, and, most recently, New Urbanism.

MacKaye's seminal ideas on outdoor recreation, wilderness protection, land-use planning, community development, and transportation have inspired generations of activists, professionals, and adventurers seeking to strike a harmonious balance between human need and the natural environment.".

"This pioneering biography provides the first complete portrait of this significant and unique figures in American environmental, intellectual, and cultural history. Drawing on extensive research, Larry Anderson traces MacKaye's career, examines his many published works, and describes the importance of MacKaye's relationships with such influential figures as Lewis Mumford, Aldo Leopold, Myron Avery, and Walter Lippmann.

This book will appeal to students, scholars, and professionals in preservation, conservation, recreation, planning and American studies, as well as to general readers interested in these subjects."--BOOK JACKET.