In the thick of it : my life in the Sierra Club / J. Michael McCloskey
- Bib ID:
- 3621126
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- McCloskey, J. Michael (John Michael), 1934-
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- Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c2005
- xv, 399 p., [8] p. of plates ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 1559639792
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"1961: Modern environmentalism would soon become a potent national movement, and a young lawyer from Oregon named Mike McCloskey was headed for the thick of it. Fresh from law school, McCloskey was hired that year as the first field organizer for the Sierra Club - then a California-based outdoor club with 25 employees. He roamed the Northwest wilderness in a Volkswagen, learning the issues and cultivating the practical, grass-roots approach that would define his career. Over the next 40 years, he and the conservation movement grew up together, with McCloskey rising to lead what became the most powerful environmental organization in the world.".
"McCloskey helped pave the way for the original Wilderness Act in 1964. He successfully lobbied for new national parks and wilderness areas, from the North Cascades to the Redwood National Park. As executive director of the Club, he was present at the first Earth Day in 1970, pushed Congress to enact more than 100 environmental laws, and built Sierra Club membership from 70,000 to over half a million." "McCloskey headed the Sierra Club during an exceptional moment in environmental history, but his tenure was no walk in the park. The large and very public Sierra Club was fraught with pitched battles and brutal politicking - both from within and without. He survived the ouster of his mentor, the charismatic but controversial David Brower, and advanced conservation in spite of hostile politicians, even helping to expel Ronald Reagan's virulently pro-development Interior Secretary James Watt from office."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Growing Up in Oregon
- Chapter 2: Politics, College Years and the Army
- Chapter 3: Field Organizer
- Chapter 4: San Francisco
- Chapter 5: Campaigning for a Redwood National Park
- Chapter 6: The Brower Affair
- Chapter 7: Taking Over as Environmentalism Takes Off
- Chapter 8: More Contentious Times
- Chapter 9: The "Glory Years"
- Chapter 10: Conflict with the IRS and with Sister Organizations
- Chapter 11: Finding Our Way Internationally
- Chapter 12: A New Kind of Normalcy
- Chapter 13: Coping with Skeptical Interests
- Chapter 14: The Worst of Times, the Best of Times
- Chapter 15: Life Changes
- Chapter 16: Wilderness Work Again
- Chapter 17: Working in the Capital
- Chapter 18: Trade Agreements
- Chapter 19: Continuing International Work
- Chapter 20: The Bittersweet Years
- Chapter 21: Final Years as Chairman
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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