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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Polemic against the Alaska Pipeline, asserting that the oil crisis of the early '70s was contrived to profit oil companies, trying "not to be any more excited about what confronts America than Paul Revere was." The lead author was best-known for his tireless advocacy of hiking and hiking trails, mostly in Washington state. Includes sections on the history and prospects of American energy usage, history of Alaska's oil, faults of the planned pipeline & supertankers, alternatives (railroads, mainly) to the pipeline, Canadian alternative. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book; jacket rubbed with some chipping & creases, particularly to rear upper panel. Text clean; 313 pages; maps, b/w photos, bibliography. Size: Octavo.