A Passion for the Land: John F. Seiberling and the Environmental Movement
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (601 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1606350366 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 263 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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He has authored many books, including Northern Landscapes: The Struggle for Wilderness Alaska and American Rubber Workers & Organized Labor, 1900-1941, as well as several articles and book reviews in national publications such as Journal of American History, Journal of Policy History, Ohio History, and Alaska History. About the Author Daniel Nelson is emeritus professor of history at the University of Akron and former director of the University of Akron Press.
Within his lifetime, Seiberling would become a leading player in the movement to protect the natural environment and help transform his childhood playground into the federally protected Cuyahoga Valley National Park.. This is the first and only biography of one of America's greatest conservationists. Representative John F. Seiberling (1918-2008) grew up on his family's estate overlooking Ohio's Cuyahoga River Valley. Akron native and former U.S
Daniel Nelson is emeritus professor of history at the University of Akron and former director of the University of Akron Press. He has authored many books, including Northern Landscapes: The Struggle for Wilderness Alaska and American Rubber Workers & Organized Labor, 1900-1941, as well as several articles and book
"Personal Connection" according to Richard W. Cutler. A Passion for the Land is a historian's scholarly biography of John F. Seiberling, concentrating on his sixteen year career as an Ohio Congressman who played a leading role in the passage of path breaking environmental legislation during the l970's and l980s to create 100 million acres of national parks and animal refuges in Alaska and millions of acres of protected wilderness in the our national forests. Seiberling vigorously defended public lands against the efforts of Reagan's ultimately discredited Secretary of Interior, James G Watts to op. Legislation as a fine art Daniel Nelson is both a historian and a great story-teller. In this book he tells how Congressman John F. Seiberling got some of our greatest land conservation laws passed, over the opposition of industries and Executive Branch officials. The author gives us many insights into how legislation is written. Mr. Seiberling liked to visit the land in question and then sit down with local people to explore their different views about it. Time after time he was able to resolve differences and find common ground, which became the basis of the final law