Globe Pequot / Lyons Press
Pages: 352
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Trim: 7 x 10
978-1-4930-5206-6 • Paperback • July 2020 • $24.95 • (£18.95)
978-1-4930-5365-0 • eBook • August 2020 • $23.00 • (£17.95)
An internationally recognized expert on America's national parks, Alfred Runte is based in Seattle, Washington. He was recently an adviser to the Ken Burns PBS documentary The National Parks: America's Best Idea and appeared in all six episodes of the Emmy Award-winning series. Runte has also been a guest on Nightline, The Today Show, 48 Hours, the History and Travel channels, and speaks frequently in public forums on the need to protect our parks. His other books include Allies of the Earth: Railroads and the Soul of Preservation, and Trains of Discovery: Railroads and the Legacy of Our National Parks, now in its fifth edition. In April 2011, Runte was elected to membership in the College of Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame at Illinois State University (his master's degree institution) "in recognition of exemplary achievement" as a teacher and public scholar. He also holds a B.A. from the State University of New York at Binghamton and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
“Wilderness is going home, said John Muir—and freedom, his followers have added. Inevitably, and for each generation, the meaning of home and freedom have changed. Is wilderness really needed? Today, our unbroken answer—the miracle of Yosemite—is itself challenged, John Muir’s vision aside. In renewing our commitment to wilderness Al Runte reminds us that Yosemite still is key. What did we intend? Never has the discussion—and this critical history—been in better hands.” –Ken Burns, director/producer of the Emmy Award-winning series The National Parks: America's Best Idea
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