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Praise for Gifford Pinchot and the Making of Modern Environmentalism <br><br><p> Miller's zeal to explicate Pinchot's true legacy enlivens his episodic biography, the first in decades. A man of convictions who loved public debate, Pinchot advocated responsible logging practices and was prescient in his concern about pollution and the need for affordable and sustainable energy sources. Rich in insight and fascinating detail, Miller's animated biography presents Pinchot in all his fervor, and environmentalism in all its complexity. <p> --ALA Booklist <br>

Miller is an engaging and masterful storyteller as well as an ace environmental historian as he tracks the development of a powerful ideathat sound economics and social equity are as essential to conservation as good environmental sciencefrom Gifford Pinchot s earliest writings more than a century ago to the institutions that carry forward that philosophy to address the enormous conservation challenges of our own time. V. Alaric Sample, President, Pinchot Institute for Conservation

Praise for Gifford Pinchot and the Making of Modern Environmentalism Miller's zeal to explicate Pinchot's true legacy enlivens his episodic biography, the first in decades. A man of convictions who loved public debate, Pinchot advocated responsible logging practices and was prescient in his concern about pollution and the need for affordable and sustainable energy sources. Rich in insight and fascinating detail, Miller's animated biography presents Pinchot in all his fervor, and environmentalism in all its complexity. --ALA Booklist

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Char Miller is W. M. Keck Professor of Environmental Analysis and director of the Environmental Analysis Program at Pomona College. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including Gifford Pinchot and the Making of Modern Environmentalism; Public L

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