{"product_id":"rosalie-edge-hawk-of-mercy-the-activist-who-saved-nature-from-the-conservationists-paperback","title":"Rosalie Edge, Hawk of Mercy: The Activist Who Saved Nature from the Conservationists - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoland C. Clement\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by), \u003cb\u003eDyana Z. Furmansky\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBill McKibben\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRosalie Edge (1877-1962) was the first American woman to achieve national renown as a conservationist. Dyana Z. Furmansky draws on Edge's personal papers and on interviews with family members and associates to portray an implacable, indomitable personality whose activism earned her the names \"Joan of Arc\" and \"hellcat.\" A progressive New York socialite and veteran suffragist, Edge did not join the conservation movement until her early fifties. Nonetheless, her legacy of achievements--called \"widespread and monumental\" by the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e--forms a crucial link between the eras defined by John Muir and Rachel Carson. An early voice against the indiscriminate use of toxins and pesticides, Edge reported evidence about the dangers of DDT fourteen years before Carson's \u003ci\u003eSilent Spring\u003c\/i\u003e was published. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eToday, Edge is most widely remembered for establishing Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, the world's first refuge for birds of prey. Founded in 1934 and located in eastern Pennsylvania, Hawk Mountain was cited in \u003ci\u003eSilent Spring\u003c\/i\u003e as an \"especially significant\" source of data. In 1930, Edge formed the militant Emergency Conservation Committee, which not only railed against the complacency of the Bureau of Biological Survey, Audubon Society, U.S. Forest Service, and other stewardship organizations but also exposed the complicity of some in the squandering of our natural heritage. Edge played key roles in the establishment of Olympic and Kings Canyon National Parks and the expansion of Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks. Filled with new insights into a tumultuous period in American conservation, this is the life story of an unforgettable individual whose work influenced the first generation of environmentalists, including the founders of the Wilderness Society, Nature Conservancy, and Environmental Defense Fund.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDYANA Z. FURMANSKY (writing as Dyan Zaslowsky) is coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThese American Lands: Parks, Wilderness, and the Public Lands\u003c\/i\u003e. Her articles on nature and the environment have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Heritage\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAudubon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHigh Country News\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSierra\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWilderness\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other publications. Furmansky lives in Denver.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 376\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468512313597,"sku":"9780820336763","price":38.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/bGFMdlAzM1lnejFBanpuMkorRWczdz09.webp?v=1777290298","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/rosalie-edge-hawk-of-mercy-the-activist-who-saved-nature-from-the-conservationists-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}