Escaping into Nature - The Making of a Sportsman-environmentalist and Environmental Historian

Informationen zum Autor John F. Reiger is Professor of History at Ohio University-Chillicothe and the former Executive Director of the Connecticut Audubon Society. His other books include The Passing of the Great West: Selected Papers of George Bird Grinnell and "Gifford Pinchot with Rod and Reel"/"Trading Places: From Historian to Environmental Activist"--Two Essays in Conservation History . Klappentext Wildlife conservationist and environmental historian John Reiger shares his story of an angler and hunter who found a cause and a calling and combined them for his life's work. John Reiger's outdoor adventures as a young man primed him for the teachings of the great sportsmen-conservationists of the past, particularly George Bird Grinnell, Theodore Roosevelt, and Aldo Leopold. Inspired by these conservation giants, Reiger left the security of a tenured professorship to serve as executive director of the Connecticut Audubon Society.

Product details

• Authors: John F. Reiger
• Publisher: The University of Arizona Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2013
• EAN: 9780870717109
• ISBN: 978-0-87071-710-9
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Guides > Nature > Angling, hunting; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology