The Last Stand: Ralph Nader's Study Group Report on the National Forests (U.S. Forest Service Chief Jack Ward Thomas's copy)

Language: English

Published by Grossman Publishers, NY, 1974

0670418943 / 9780670418947

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An association copy: former United States Forest Service Chief Jack Ward Thomas's copy, with his ownership signature, date, and place (Washington, DC) on the olive front free endpaper. Curiously he dates the book eight years before it was published, so perhaps he meant 1976. With "Thomas" written boldly on all three text block faces as was his habit. From the jacket: "This account of how the natural treasure of our National Forests is being plundered by the commercial logging industry is a chronicle of the mismanagement of the public trust, of the acquiescence of public agencies before the arrayed power of private interests, of the threat to our most precious resources. With care and concern, Daniel Barney and his colleagues expose the nature of the tiber industry's designs . . ." With an introduction by Ralph Nader, (in)famously a Green Party presidential candidate. A large duodecimo in black cloth, white and green lettering to spine. Fine in a very good jacket with light wear to corners and spine ends and one short tear/chip to lower corner of the front panel. An attractive book.…

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Title
The Last Stand: Ralph Nader's Study Group Report on the National Forests (U.S. Forest Service Chief Jack Ward Thomas's copy)
Author
Barney, Daniel R. [Ralph Nader] [Jack Ward Thomas]
Publisher
Grossman Publishers, NY
Publication year
1974
Condition
Fine
Dust jacket
Very good
Signed
Signed
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0670418943
ISBN 13
9780670418947
Edition
First edition.
Dimensions
Duodecimo
Seller catalogs
Forests/Trees, Resource/Wildlife Management

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Visit us at www.ruralhours.com. Rural Hours (formerly Wood River Books) specializes in ecology, natural history, nature and science writing, the environment, ecopoetics, contemporary essay, and literary journalism, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions. Our name is an homage to Susan Fenimore Cooper's book Rural Hours (1850), considered the first work of environmental nonfiction by an American woman. The daughter of James Fenimore Cooper, Susan Cooper was also an accomplished watercolorist, and her birds from Rural Hours populate these pages. Her rendering of a "chimney swallow" (now known as a swift) serves as our logo and mascot: sleek and elevated, part sky and part city street. Rural Hours is mainly a project of writer and teacher Nick Neely. Along with a pair of MFA degrees in nonfiction and poetry, Nick has a Master's in Literature and Environment from the University of Nevada, Reno. He has much expertise and years of experience in the field of eco-writing. His first book, Coast Range, was a finalist for John Burroughs Medal for nature writing and his second book, Alta California--about a 12-week trek he made along the California coast--was a Los Angeles Times bestseller. Check out the "Rambles" page for eventual short essays from him on environmental lit, new books, and more. Rural Hours is a young venture, but we aspire to be among the leaders in the field of rare and interesting eco-writing. We believe, emphatically, that environmental literature and its preservation is in the service of the preservation of the world. In addition to helping serious collectors and institutions build their libraries and archives, our goal is to curate a substantial "house collection" of environmental writing for public display on this site and beyond, one that shows the evolution of the genre(s). That will be a perennial work in progress. We hope to draw a deep, explorable map of environmental writing that traces the lineage and connections between authors and artists determined to render and protect the earth, locally and globally. At the same time, we would like to challenge the usual contours of the "environmental literature" canon and promote a more diverse and inclusive array of voices; in that way, our longterm goal is to excavate the past and curate toward the future. Rural Hours also hopes to eventually have an open shop and gallery space, but for now we are only online. You've come to the right the place. Enjoy poking around, and then head out for a walk.…

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