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

A biography of Rosalie Edge (1877-1962), he first American woman to achieve national renown as a conservationist. It 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'.

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: Dyana Furmansky, Dyana Z Furmansky, Dyana Z. Furmansky, Dyana Z./ McKibben Furmansky
• Publisher: The University of Georgia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2010
• EAN: 9780820336763
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-3676-3
• No. of pages: 376
• Series: Wormsloe Foundation Nature Boo; Wormsloe Foundation Nature Boo
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Umweltschutz, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography / Autobiography