New guardians for the Golden Gate : how America got a great national park / Amy Meyer, with Randolph Delehanty ; foreword by I. Michael Heyman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meyer, Amy, 1933-

Contributor:

Delehanty, Randolph.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Golden Gate National Recreation Area (Calif.)--History.

Golden Gate National Recreation Area (Calif.).

Physical Description:

xvii, 338 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2006]

Summary:

An insider's history of the creation of the Golden Gate National Park, written by the housewife-turned-activist who worked with politicans and civic leaders to convert former military lands to public use.

Contents:

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Piecemeal conservation in the 1960s

A neighborhood issue becomes much bigger

Organized advocacy

A year and two months

Victory in Congress : a park for the people

A new park emerges

Expanding the park

On a new political frontier

Sustaining the vision

Safe harbor for old ships

The national park next door

From post to park : the transformation of the Presidio.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-316) and index.

ISBN:

0520235347

OCLC:

64453416

Publisher Number:

9780520235342

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