A wild idea / Jonathan Franklin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Franklin, Jonathan, 1964- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmentalists--United States--Biography.

Environmentalists.

Nature conservation.

Environmentalists--Political activity.

United States.

Chile.

Businessmen--United States--Biography.

Businessmen.

Environmentalists--Political activity--Chile.

Nature conservation--Patagonia (Argentina and Chile).

Tompkins, Douglas.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 353 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]

Summary:

Presents the story of Douglas Tompkins, founder of The North Face, who sold his stake in the company and used his fortune to protect over twenty-five million acres of land in South America from development.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Part I

1. The Rucksack Revolution

2. Conquistadors Of The Useless

3. The Snow Cave

4. Plain Jane Goes Mainstream

5. Esprit De Corp

Part II

6. Where Is My North? Flying South

7. Earth First!

8. Pioneer Village

9. Stalking Tigers In Siberia

10. Two Exotic Birds In A Strange Land

11. Salmon Wars

Part III

12. The Land Of Shining Waters

13. Pumalm Park

14. In The Heart Of Patagonia

15. The River Killers

16. Operation Musashi

17. River Keepers

Part IV

18. Puppet Shows For Parrots

19. The Route Of Parks

20. Ambushed In Patagonia

21. Year 1 A.D.

After Doug

22. Islands In The Storm.

Notes:

Map on lining papers.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-349).

ISBN:

9780062964120

0062964127

OCLC:

1244276800

Publisher Number:

99988356557