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1) Dust Bowl: the southern Plains in the 1930s

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Worster, Donald

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Personal recollections recreate experiences of two Dust Bowl communities.

2) A river running west: the life of John Wesley Powell

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Worster, Donald

3) A passion for nature: the life of John Muir

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Worster, Donald

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A definitive biography traces the life of John Muir from his boyhood in Scotland up to his death on the eve of World War I and offers important insights into the passionate nature of America's first great conservationist and founder of the Sierra Club.

4) Shrinking the Earth: the rise and decline of American abundance

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Worster, Donald

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"The discovery of the Americas around 1500 AD was an extraordinary watershed in human experience. It gave rise to the modern period of human ecology, a phenomenon global in scope that set in motion profound changes in almost every society on earth. This new period, which saw the depletion of the lands of the New World, proved tragic for some, triumphant for others, and powerfully affecting for all."--Provided by publisher.