Benton MacKaye; conservationist, planner, and creator of the Appalachian Trail. (reprint, 2002).

9780801890949

Benton MacKaye; conservationist, planner, and creator of the Appalachian Trail. (reprint, 2002)

Anderson, Larry.

Johns Hopkins U. Press

2008

452 pages

$30.00

Paperback

Creating the North American landscape

QH31

This is a paperbound reprint of a 2002 book. Characterizing his invention of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail as "a folk product pure and simple," conservationist MacKaye revealed some of the environmental thinking that underlay his championing of the trail. In this biography, Anderson (cofounder and former president, Harvard Common Press) presents MacKaye's life as a "moral and inspirational tale," arguing that his environmental ideas were grounded in both the realities of the natural landscape and an expansive social vision.

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