Confessions of an Eco-Warrior

by FOREMAN, DAVE

• ISBN13: 9780517880586
• ISBN10: 051788058X
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780451499455
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1993-11-02
• Publisher: Broadway Books

Summary

A book that will set the course for the environmental movement for years to come, Confessions of an Eco-Warrior is an inspiring ecological call to arms by America's foremost and most controversial environmental activist. "Rude and brilliant. Read it and you will see the future".--William Kittredge.

Author Biography

A cofounder and former member of Earth First!, Dave Foreman is currently chairperson of the Wildlands Project and Executive Editor of the Wild Earth report

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
In Time of Crisis	p. 1
Earth First!	p. 11
Putting the Earth First	p. 25
Who Speaks for Wolf?	p. 37
The Arrogance of Enlightenment	p. 51
The Wilderness Gene	p. 55
Preserving the Wilderness Experience	p. 59
The Destruction of Wilderness	p. 69
My Heroes Used to Be Cowboys	p. 87
Return of the Wolf	p. 105
The Principles of Monkeywrenching	p. 109
In Defense of Monkeywrenching	p. 117
Is Tree Spiking Necessary?	p. 149
Strategic Monkeywrenching	p. 161
The Perils of Illegal Action	p. 167
Some Thoughts on True Believers, Intolerance, Diversity ... and Ed Abbey	p. 171
Dreaming Big Wilderness	p. 177
Making the Most of Professionalism	p. 193
Whither Earth First!?	p. 213
Acknowledgments	p. 221
Index	p. 225
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