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Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman: Conservation Heroes of the American Heartland
By Horn, Miriam
- ISBN
- 9780393247343 9780393247350
- Publisher
- Norton
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Reviewed on June 15, 2016 | Science and Technology
In this penetrating book, Horn (Earth: The Sequel) explores the lives and philosophies of five unlikely conservationists: a Montana rancher, a Kansas farmer, a Mississippi riverman, a Louisiana shrimper, and a Gulf fisherman. The Mississippi River watershed—the "immense funnel" that drains more than 40 percent of the continental United States—forms the backdrop of the volume, and readers will learn about the area firsthand from those for whom it's a "worki...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
