Miriam Horn

Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman: Conservation Heroes of the American Heartland (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Now a feature-length documentary on the Discovery channel narrated by Tom Brokaw.

Lush, gorgeously written...A profoundly hopeful book. Tina Rosenberg, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award

A Kirkus Best Book of 2016

Many of the men and women doing today's most consequential environmental workrestoring America's grasslands, wildlife, soil, rivers, wetlands, and oceanswould not call themselves environmentalists; they would be too uneasy with the connotations of that word. What drives them is their deep love of the land: the iconic terrain where explorers and cowboys, pioneers and riverboat captains forged the American identity. They feel a moral responsibility to preserve this heritage and natural wealth, to ensure that their families and communities will continue to thrive.

Unfolding as a journey down the Mississippi River, Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman tells the stories of five representatives of this stewardship movement: a Montana rancher, a Kansas farmer, a Mississippi riverman, a Louisiana shrimper, and a Gulf fisherman. In exploring their work and family histories and the essential geographies they protect, Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman challenges pervasive and powerful myths about American and environmental values.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. September 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780393247350
• Artikelnr.: 59589011

Autorenporträt

Miriam Horn is the author of two previous books, including the New York Times best-selling Earth: The Sequel. She works at Environmental Defense Fund and lives in New York City.