Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman Conservation Heroes of the American Heartland

by Horn, Miriam

• ISBN13: 9780393354874
• ISBN10: 0393354873
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780393247350
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2017-08-08
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Summary

A Kirkus Best Book of 2016Many of the men and women doing today’s most consequential environmental work—restoring America’s grasslands, wildlife, soil, rivers, wetlands, and oceans—would not call themselves environmentalists; they would be too uneasy with the connotations of that word. What drives them is their deep love of the land: the iconic terrain where explorers and cowboys, pioneers and riverboat captains forged the American identity. They feel a moral responsibility to preserve this heritage and natural wealth, to ensure that their families and communities will continue to thrive.Unfolding as a journey down the Mississippi River, Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman tells the stories of five representatives of this stewardship movement: a Montana rancher, a Kansas farmer, a Mississippi riverman, a Louisiana shrimper, and a Gulf fisherman. In exploring their work and family histories and the essential geographies they protect, Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman challenges pervasive and powerful myths about American and environmental values.