Rosalie Edge, Hawk of Mercy - The Activist Who Saved Nature from the Conservationists

Informationen zum Autor DYANA Z. FURMANSKY (writing as Dyan Zaslowsky) is coauthor of These American Lands: Parks, Wilderness, and the Public Lands . Her articles on nature and the environment have appeared in the New York Times , American Heritage , Audubon , High Country News , Sierra , Wilderness , and many other publications. Furmansky lives in Denver. Klappentext Rosalie Edge (1877-1962) was the first American woman to achieve national renown as a conservationist. The author 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'. Zusammenfassung Rosalie Edge (1877-1962) was the first American woman to achieve national renown as a conservationist and is known for establishing Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, the world's first refuge for birds of prey. Furmansky draws on Edge’s personal papers and on interviews with family members and associates to portray an implacable, indomitable personality.

Product details

• Authors: Dyana Furmansky, Dyana Z Furmansky, Dyana Z. Furmansky
• Publisher: The University of Georgia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.05.2009
• EAN: 9780820333410
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-3341-0
• No. of pages: 376
• Series: Wormsloe Foundation Nature Boo; Wormsloe Foundation Nature Boo
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Umweltschutz, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography / Autobiography