Wild by Law

About

Wild by law is the story of the Wilderness Act of 1964 and the three men responsible for its passage: forester/philosopher Aldo Leopold, author of the bestselling A Sand County Almanac and the first to bring the word 'ecology' into standard usage; Bob Marshall, millionaire socialist and founder of the Wilderness Society; and Howard Zahniser, a tireless bureaucrat with a profound love of the wild places he seldom saw. Singly and together, these three fought against the current of American thought from the 1920s through the 1950s to attain what had once seemed an unimaginable victory. More than just the story of an historic struggle to preserve the natural world, Wild by law provides an invaluable overview of the roots of the environmental movement, offering a deeper understanding of one of the most important issues facing contemporary civilization

1 videocassette (54 min.) : 1/2 in

Adult

VHS

Narrator; Linda Hunt

Cinematographer, Allen Moore ; editor, Diane Garey ; narrator, Linda Hunt ; music, Richard Einhorn

"Part two of a two-part series with 'The wilderness idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot and the first great battle for wilderness'"--Container

Originally produced as an episode of American Experience in 1992

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Archive

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Credit

Larry Hott, Diane Garey, Ken Chowder, Linda Hunt, Florentine Films., Direct Cinema Ltd.

Language

English

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