Driven Wild: How the Fight against Automobiles Launched the Modern Wilderness Movement

Contents

CONTENTS Illustrations follow pages 48 and 112 Foreword: Why Worry about Roads, by William Cronon vii Acknowledgments xiii 1. The Problem of the Wilderness 3 2. Knowing Nature through Leisure: Outdoor Recreation during the Interwar Years 19 3. A Blank Spot on the Map: Aldo Leopold 54 4. Advertising the Wild: Robert Sterling Yard 100 5. Wilderness as Regional Plan: Benton MacKaye 142 6. The Freedom of the Wilderness: Bob Marshall 194 7. Epilogue: A Living Wilderness 239 Notes 264 Sources 308 Index 332 v ...