The Bookshelf: May 4, 2016
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THE MAN WHO BUILT THE SIERRA CLUB: A Life of David Brower
by Robert Wyss
A sturdy life of David Brower (1912-2000), the legendarily tough and tough-minded pioneering environmentalist who shaped the Sierra Club into a national political force. ... The author writes under the long shadow of John McPhee, whose Encounters with the Archdruid (1971) cast Brower as a quixotic hero. Wisely, Wyss elects not to compete with McPhee but instead to round out his account with details of the daily work of advocating for conservation. ... Often reprimanded and sometimes fired, Brower remained a force in the environmental movement until the end of his long life, and this book makes fitting homage. … The book lacks Brower’s soaring idealism, but it provides a highly useful view of how environmental battles are waged in the trenches.
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