Preserving the Living Past: John C. Merriam's Legacy in the State and National Parks

Author/Contributor(s):	Mark, Steve
Publisher:	University of California Press
Date:	03/14/2005
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

From his efforts to protect California's wild lands-including the state's majestic redwoods and its dynamic coastline-to his novel ideas about the educational and inspirational value of wilderness that continue to provoke debates to this day, this first biography of John C. Merriam (1869-1945) tells the story of the prominent paleontologist who became a visionary in the American conservation movement.