Summary

Popular historian Brinkley here helps us celebrate the 50th anniversary of President Eisenhower's December 6, 1960, executive order creating Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. He opens with Teddy Roosevelt, then moves through to the 1950s, when a group of environmentalists ranging from Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas to the Walt Disney Corporation helped fight off the drillers and secure the refuge. One of my nonfiction favorites; with a 150,000-copy first printing.

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In this follow up to his acclaimed "Wilderness Warrior, New York Times"-bestselling historian Brinkley offers a fascinating look at Alaska's wilderness.