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Title Statement | Engineering Eden: a violent death, a federal trial, and the struggle to restore nature in our national parks / Jordan Fisher Smith ; foreword by Jack E. Davis. |
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Author | Fisher-Smith, Jordan |
Publication | New York: The Experiment,2019. |
Extent of Item | xx, 388 pages |
ISBN | 9781615195459 (pbk.) 1615195459 (pbk.) |
Other Number | 3536533 |
General Notes | Originally published: New York : Crown, 2016. |
Contents | Prologue -- Part I. American Eden -- Los Angeles -- American Eden -- Yosemite and Yellowstone -- Appalachian Spring -- Frank -- The Balance of Nature -- Berkeley -- Claypool -- Smitty -- Trout Creek -- Part II. Natural Regulation -- The Big Kill -- Starker -- Prometheus -- Observable artificiality in any form -- Reconstruction -- Cole -- The night of the grizzlies -- Natural control -- Bad blood -- Bear management committee -- Firehole -- The temptation of Starker Leopold -- Natural regulation -- Part III. Take It Easy -- Last straws -- Take it easy -- Old Faithful -- The search for Harry Walker -- Part IV. Human Nature -- Martha Shell -- B-1 -- The disciple -- The verdict -- The appeal -- Epilogue -- Afterword. |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Negligence--History--20th century--United States | |
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Bear attacks--History--20th century--Yellowstone National Park | |
Environmentalism--History--United States | |
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