Your land and mine
Subtitle: the evolution of a conservationist
By: by Edgar Wayburn with Allison Alsup
Publisher: Sierra Club Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
Subjects: Wayburn, Edgar; Sierra Club; Nature conservation -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Description: "Edgar Wayburn may be the least-known yet most successful defender of America's natural heritage. A tenacious and tireless leader of the Sierra Club since the 1940s, he had a central role in the establishment of Redwood National Park and the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and in the passage of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. For his visionary achievements, he was honored with the Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism in 1995 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1999." "Not a conventional autobiography, Your Land and Mine focuses on Wayburn's key conservation campaigns, some of the most crucial of the twentieth century, and the fascinating cast of characters that populated them. His accounts of hard-fought battles are full of telling details and lively portraits of legislators such as Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson and Representative Phil Burton; land officials such as Interior Secretaries Stewart Udall and Rogers Morton; and countless other personalities in the ongoing drama of preserving our nation's environmental heritage. Wayburn also offers glimpses of a personal life intimately woven with his conservation career - both shared with his wife, fellow activist, co-adventurer, and writer Peggy Wayburn, until her death in 2002." "Illustrated with rare photographs from Wayburn's personal collection, Your Land and Mine is for anyone interested in the growth of America's conservation movement."--BOOK JACKET.
Table of contents: title: The wilder shore; title: Gentle wilderness : early adventures in  the Sierra Nevada; title: The hills of home : saving the Marin County wildlands; title: Exploring defining and promoting wilderness with the Sierra Club; title: Navigating rough waters at the club; title: Restoring nature's cathedral: the battle for Redwood National Park; title: Alaska: encountering the Great land; title: Alaska litigation and legislation, 1970-1975; title: Crisis and compromise: the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act; title: Expanding the arena: the global environment; title: Of what will we dream?