Table of Contents
Preface xiii
Part I Protoenvironmentalists (1945-1959)
Chapter 1 The Ebb and Flow of John F. Kennedy 3
Chapter 2 Harry Truman: Polluted and Radiated America 17
Chapter 3 Rachel Carson and the Shore of the Sea 43
Chapter 4 William O. Douglas and the Protoenvironmentalists 65
Chapter 5 Wilderness Politics, Dinosaur National Monument, and the Nature Conservancy 92
Chapter 6 Saving Shorelines 119
Chapter 7 Protesting Plastics, Nuclear Testing, and DDT 138
Part II John F. Kennedy's New Frontier (1961-1963)
Chapter 8 Forging the New Frontier: Stewart Udall and Lyndon Johnson 157
Chapter 9 Wallace Stegner's "Wilderness Letter" 183
Chapter 10 The Green Face of America 196
Chapter 11 Rachel Carson, the Laurance Rockefeller Report, and Kennedy's Science Curve 218
Chapter 12 The White House Conservation Conference (May 24-25, 1962) 234
Chapter 13 Rachel Carson's Alarm 252
Chapter 14 Point Reyes (California) and Padre Island (Texas) National Seashores 266
Chapter 15 Campaigns to Save the Hudson River and Bodega Bay 282
Chapter 16 The Tag Team of John F. Kennedy, Stewart Udall, and Rachel Carson 300
Chapter 17 The Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty 322
Part III The Environmentalism of Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon (1964-1973)
Chapter 18 JFK's Last Conservation Journey 333
Chapter 19 The Mississippi Fish Kill, the Clean Air Act, and American Beautification 350
Chapter 20 The Great Society: Rachel Carson and Howard Zahniser's Legacies 366
Chapter 21 The Wilderness Act of 1964 389
Chapter 22 Ending the Bulldozing of America 408
Chapter 23 America's Natural Heritage: Cape Lookout, Big Bend, the Grand Canyon 435
Chapter 24 Defenders: Historical Preservation, Endangered Species, and Bedroll Scientists 457
Chapter 25 "Sue the Bastards!" and Environmental Justice 477
Chapter 26 The Unraveling of America, 1968 501
Chapter 27 Lyndon Johnson: Champion of Wild Rivers and National Scenic Trails (October 2, 1968) 526
Chapter 28 Taking Stock of New Conservation Wins 544
Chapter 29 Santa Barbara, the Cuyahoga River, and the National Environmental Policy Act 562
Chapter 30 Generation Earth Day, 1970-1971 592
Chapter 31 Nixon's Environmental Activism of 1972: The Great Lakes Protection, the DDT Ban, and the Stockholm Conference 629
Epilogue Last Leaves on the Tree 652
Acknowledgments 675
Appendix I National Wildlife Refuges 687
Appendix II National Parks 693
Appendix III Protection for Animals Initial Endangered Species List 1966-1967 701
Notes 705
Bibliography 807
Image Credits 821
Index 825