Author : Bill Christofferson
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 45,36 MB
Release : 2004-03-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
"Nelson ranks as one of history's leading environmentalists. He also played a major role as an early, outspoken opponent of the Vietnam War, and as a senate insider was a key player in civil rights, poverty, civil liberties, and consumer protection issues."--Jacket.
Author : Bill Christofferson
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
Page : 705 pages
File Size : 11,84 MB
Release : 2009-08-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0299196461
On Earth Day 1970 twenty million Americans displayed their commitment to a clean environment. It was called the largest demonstration in human history, and it permanently changed the nation’s political agenda. More than 1 billion people now participate in annual Earth Day activities. The seemingly simple idea—a day set aside to focus on protecting our natural environment—was the brainchild of U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin. It accomplished, far beyond his expectations, his lifelong goal of putting the environment onto the nation’s and the world’s political agendas. The life of Nelson, a small-town boy who learned his values and progressive political principles at an early age, is woven through the political history of the twentieth century. Nelson’s story intersects at times with Fighting Bob La Follette, Joe McCarthy, and Bill Proxmire in Wisconsin, and with George McGovern, Lyndon Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, Russell Long, Walter Mondale, John F. Kennedy, and others on the national scene. Winner, Elizabeth A. Steinberg Prize, University of Wisconsin Press
Author : Loretta Ellsworth
Publisher : Thomas Dunne Books
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 15,85 MB
Release : 2017-05-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1250097037
" For the first time in decades, Lorraine Kindred has returned to the ballroom where she was swept away by the big bands during the 1940s--and by a star-crossed romance. As she takes in the magnificent energy and brassy sounds of her youth, the past comes to life, along with the fateful decision all those years ago that forced her to choose between personal conviction and social expectation, between the two men who had captured her heart. It had been a time of great music and love, but also of war and sacrifice, and now, trying to make peace with her memories, Lorraine must find the courage to face buried secrets. In the process, she will rediscover herself, her passion, and her capacity for resilience. Set during the 1940s and the present and inspired by a real-life ballroom, Stars Over Clear Lake is a moving story of forbidden love, lost love, everlasting love--and self love. "--
Author : Jeff McClelland
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 37,29 MB
Release : 2000-12-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0595146767
Clear Lake seems like the perfect little country town. To those that visit, it seems to be a touch of heaven. Beautiful mountains are set next to a clear blue lake with houses, stores, and the remnants of the old mill. To Luke Mills, the town is hiding a dark secret. From the time he is four to the time he leaves his parents house to start his own family he fights unseen forces that seem bent on destroying him. Strange unexplained deaths, disappearance of people, rape, incest, witchcraft all come into play in Luke's life. He searches for answers to what is really happening in town as he comes in contact with those that are behind the deeds. He comes to believe that the demons that reside in Clear Lake have most blinded to the truth. He fears that he himself has become one of those demons. Not until he is out of Clear Lake at the age of 30 does he come face to face with his demon and the dark lies are made clear.
Author : M. William Phelps
Publisher : Kensington Books
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 39,62 MB
Release : 2012-02-28
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 075827825X
Follows the case of Christine Paolilla, who brutally murdered four people with the help of her boyfriend, who later committed suicide.
Author : Gaylord Nelson
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 21,45 MB
Release : 2002-11-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 0299180433
Gaylord Nelson’s legacy is known and respected throughout the world. He was a founding father of the modern environmental movement and creator of one of the most influential public awareness campaigns ever undertaken on behalf of global environmental stewardship: Earth Day. Nelson died in 2005, but his message in this book is still timely and urgent, delivered with the same eloquence with which he articulated the nation’s environmental ills throughout the decades. He details the planet’s most critical concerns—from species and habitat losses to global climate change and population growth. In outlining strategies for planetary health, Nelson inspires citizens to reassert environmentalism as a national priority. Included in this reprint is a new preface by Gaylord Nelson’s daughter, Tia Nelson.
Author : Sheila Terman Cohen
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 19,25 MB
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0870205331
Earth Day creator Gaylord Nelson comes to vivid life in this addition to the Badger Biographies series for young readers. Accessibly written and richly illustrated with historic images, Gaylord Nelson: Champion for Our Earth includes a glossary of terms, sidebars on World War II, DDT, and several facets of the environmental movement, plus activities and discussion questions. Born in Clear Lake, Wisconsin, in 1916, Gaylord grew up as immersed in his parents' political work and community service as he was in playing practical jokes and exploring the natural world surrounding his home town. Along the way he encountered experiences that would shape him in fundamental ways: as a man who stood up for what he believed in the face of opposition and yet who also understood how to treat his opponents with respect. Both traits would serve him well as he rose from law student to state senator to Wisconsin governor and finally to three terms as a United States Senator. Nelson fought to treat all races equally and to condemn McCarthy-era paranoia, but his greatest contribution was to sound the alarm about another battle: the fight to save the natural world and the earth itself. It was his idea to use teach-ins to let people know that the environment needed their help. Thanks to him, more natural resources were conserved and new laws demanded clean air and water. Now, every year on April 22, people all over the world plant trees and pick up litter to celebrate Earth Day. The Earth and its inhabitants aren't safe yet, but Gaylord Nelson demonstrated that even one person can help to save the world.
Author : Mark Helprin
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 39,26 MB
Release : 2010-10-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1606600125
In a rare collaboration, bestselling authors Helprin and Van Allsburg worked for nearly a decade on this ambitious, multi-generational trilogy that pits the power of love and devotion against dark forces of greed and suppression. For the first time, this hardcover volume collects all three of Helprin's contemporary fantasies —Swan Lake,The Veil of Snows, andA City in Winter— along with Van Allsburg's sensitively wrought illustrations from the original editions. 39 full-color plates.
Author : Lake Headley
Publisher : Henry Holt & Company
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 50,86 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780805011388
A private investigator reveals how he amassed enough evidence to force the Arizona state supreme court to reverse the state's verdict against two innocent men wrongly convicted of murdering investigative reporter Don Bolles
Author : Arthur Melville Pearson
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 13,49 MB
Release : 2017-04-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0299312305
Spurred by the accelerating destruction of remnant natural lands, one man had the vision and tenacity to transform a loose band of ecologists into The Nature Conservancy and launch the entire natural areas movement.
