With Their Islands Around Them.

by Kenneth Brower

A narrative of Micronesia and the two men responsible for conserving its ecosystem.

216 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1992

About the author

Kenneth Brower is an American nonfiction writer. He is the oldest son of the late environmentalist David R. Brower.

He is best known for his many books about the environment, national parks, and natural places, many of them in hundreds of libraries and by major publishers, including several titles in the series The Earth's Wild Places published by the Friends of the Earth in the 1970s. His most widely read book, on Yosemite, is in over 1200 worldCat libraries. Many of his books have been published by The National Geographic Society. Several of his books have been translated into Japanese, German, Spanish, and Hebrew.

He is also known for being the author of The Starship and the Canoe, a comparison of the lives of scientist Freeman Dyson and his 'rebellious' son George Dyson.
(from Wikipedia)

Reviews

[Michele Benson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Palau. This is my penultimate “Read The World Book”. Only one more to go and I will have completed my quest to read a book from every country in the world. Palau is an archipelago of over 500 islands in the Micronesia region of the Pacific Ocean. Occupied by the Japanese and now a protectorate of the United States it’s capital, Babeldaob, is on one of the largest Islands. The book follows naturalists and their attempts to eradicate the nonnative Rhinoceros Beetle before it kills the palm trees native to the island. Surprisingly readable with illustrations of the Beetle.