Char Miller is professor and chair of the history department at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. He is co-author of The Greatest Good: 100 Years of Forestry in America (Society of American Foresters, 1999), and editor of Fluid Arguments: Five Centuries of Western Water Conflict (University of Arizona Press, 2001).
"...an absorbing, well-researched, and illuminating life of an
American leader who now receives the full attention he
deserves."--Michael Beschloss "Editor of American Heritage
Illustrated History of the Presidents"
"Char Miller's lively, insightful account of the life and world of
American forester Gifford Pinchot fills a vitally important gap in
environmental and conservation history. Anyone captivated by the
issues and controversies surrounding the preservation and
development of the nation's natural heritage should read this
engaging, carefully researched biography."--Carolyn Merchant
"University of California, Berkeley, author of The Death of Nature"
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