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Wild by law

Author: Larry HottDiane GareyKen ChowderLinda HuntFlorentine Films.All authors
Publisher: [Los Angeles] : Direct Cinema, ©1991.
Edition/Format:   VHS video : VHS tape   Visual material : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The Wilderness Act of 1964 is the legacy of three men: Wilderness Society Founder Bob Marshall, forester-philosopher Aldo Leopold, and activist Howard Zahniser. Looks at how these three men struggled against the current of American thought during industrialization of the 1920s, the war years of the 1940s, and the boom years of the 1950s. Eventually their actions caused a profound shift in American attitudes toward  Read more...
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Named Person: Aldo Leopold; Robert Marshall; Howard Zahniser
Material Type: Videorecording
Document Type: Visual material
All Authors / Contributors: Larry Hott; Diane Garey; Ken Chowder; Linda Hunt; Florentine Films.; Direct Cinema Ltd.
ISBN: 1559744200 9781559744201
OCLC Number: 27481006
Credits: Cinematographer, Allen Moore ; editor, Diane Garey ; narrator, Linda Hunt ; music, Richard Einhorn.
Performer(s): Linda Hunt.
Target Audience: Adult.
Description: 1 videocassette (54 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 1/2 in.
Details: VHS.
Other Titles: Aldo Leopold, Bob Marshall, Howard Zahniser and the redefinition of American progress
Responsibility: a film by Lawrence Hott and Diane Garey ; a production of Florentine Films ; writer, Ken Chowder.

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The Wilderness Act of 1964 is the legacy of three men: Wilderness Society Founder Bob Marshall, forester-philosopher Aldo Leopold, and activist Howard Zahniser. Looks at how these three men struggled against the current of American thought during industrialization of the 1920s, the war years of the 1940s, and the boom years of the 1950s. Eventually their actions caused a profound shift in American attitudes toward preservation of wild lands.

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