false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170445915m/54976.jpg 54976 5 Born in 1915, the mountaineer and outdoorsman David Brower has arguably been the single most influential American environmentalist in the last half of the 20th century; even his erstwhile foes at the Department of the Interior grudgingly credit him with having nearly single-handedly halted the construction of a dam in the heart of the Grand Canyon, and he has converted thousands, even millions, of his compatriots to the preservationist cause through his work with the Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, and other organizations.<p> Brower was in the thick of battle when John McPhee profiled him for the <I>New Yorker</I> in a piece that would evolve into <I>Encounters with the Archdruid</I>. McPhee follows Brower into unusually close combat as Brower faces down a geologist who is, it seems, convinced that there is no sight quite so elevating as that of a fully operational mine; a developer who (successfully, it turned out) sought to convert an isolated stretch of the Carolina coast into a resort for the moneyed few--and who provided the title for McPhee's book, wryly opining that conservationists are at heart druids who "sacrifice people and worship trees"; and, most formidable of all, former Interior Secretary Floyd Dominy, who oversaw the construction of a structure that for Brower stands as one of the most hated creations of our time, Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River. McPhee offers up an engaging portrait of Brower, a man unafraid of a good fight in the service of the earth, making <I>Encounters</I> an important contribution to the history of the modern environmental movement. <I>--Gregory McNamee</I> 53575 1971 Encounters with the Archdruid total:507|5:189|4:214|3:81|2:22|1:1| 507 2089 640 66 54976 0374514313 9780374514310 497 62 4.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170445915m/54976.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54976.Encounters_with_the_Archdruid 5 0 false Sun Feb 13 00:00:00 -0800 1983 Thu Jul 23 20:22:18 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 20:41:38 -0700 2009 2 Encounters With The Archdruid<i8/>, John McPhee has provided three beautifully written narratives of his travels with David Brower, environmentalist and founder of the Sierra Club. He brings to life Brower’s conversations and discussions (verbal battles?) with:

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