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Paul Brooks (1909–1998) was a nature writer, book editor, and environmentalist. Born in New York City, Paul Brooks received in 1931 his bachelor's degree from Harvard University, where he was the editor of the Harvard Lampoon.
As an environmental activist, he was a prolific writer and editor. For his work, he was awarded the John Burroughs Medal, the Sierra Club’s John Muir Medal, The Thoreau Society Medal, and the National Audubon Society’s Hal Borland Award, among others.
Jul 16, 2014 · Writer and activist Paul Brooks presents narrative portraits of great literary naturalists, offering a 200-year history of the country's movement toward conservation. Profiles of leaders in the fight to protect the environment and safeguard our natural heritage include John Burroughs, John Muir, William Beebe, and many others.
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The collection documents Brooks’ role as an environmental activist, a writer, and an editor. Materials are mainly textual, consisting of news clippings, manuscripts for books written by Brooks, correspondence, diaries, and other printed matter.
Paul Brooks (1971). “The pursuit of wilderness”. We shall never understand the natural environment until we see it as a living organism. Land can be healthy or sick, fertile or barren, rich or poor, lovingly nurtured or bled white.
foreword by Paul Brooks and afterword by Linda Lear, reveal a Rachel Carson who is a profound creator, analyst, interpreter, and stylist of what we today recognize as public discourse on the environment.
A Paul Brooks Bibliography. Books. The House of Life: Rachel Carson at Work (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1972) The Old Manse and the People Who Lived There (S.l.: Trustees of Reservations, 1983) The People of Concord: One Year in the Flowering of New England (Chester, CT: Globe Pequot Press, 1990)
