In the thick of it : my life in the Sierra Club / J. Michael McCloskey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCloskey, J. Michael (John Michael), 1934-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

McCloskey, J. Michael (John Michael), 1934-.

McCloskey, J. Michael.

Sierra Club.

Environmentalists--United States--Biography.

Environmentalists.

Conservation of natural resources--United States.

Conservation of natural resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (423 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In an age when many of the major environmental policies established over the past four decades are under siege, Michael McCloskey reminds us of better days...days when conservation initiatives were seen not as political lightning rods, but as opportunities to cope with disturbing threats to the quality of our environment.

Contents:

Title Page; Copyrights Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Ch. 1: Growing Up in Oregon; Ch. 2: Politics, College Years, and the Army; Ch. 3: Field Organizer; Ch. 4: At Headquarters in San Francisco; Ch. 5: Campaigning for a Redwood National Park; Ch. 6: The Brower Affair; Ch. 7: Taking Over as Environmentalism Takes Off; Ch. 8: More Contentious Times; Ch. 9: The Glory Years; Ch. 10: Conflict with Sister Organizations; Ch. 11: Finding Our Way Internationally; Ch. 12: A New Kind of Normalcy; Ch. 13: Relations with Other Interests; Photos; Ch. 14: The Worst of Times, the Best of Times

Ch. 15: Life Changes Ch. 16: Wilderness Work Again; Ch. 17: Working in the Capital; Ch. 18: Trade Matters; Ch. 19: Continuing International Work; Ch. 20: The Bittersweet Years; Ch. 21: Sierra Club Chairman: The Final Years; Endnotes; Acknowledgments; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-382) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-61091-152-0

1-59726-890-9

1-4294-9787-4

OCLC:

232157658