Brower, David 1912-2000

Overview

Works:	316 works in 671 publications in 3 languages and 20,010 library holdings
Genres:	Pictorial works Illustrated works Biographies Autobiographies Exhibition catalogs Conference papers and proceedings History Documentary films Handbooks and manuals Nonfiction films
Roles:	Editor, Author, Interviewee, Author of introduction, Commentator, Other, Speaker, htt, Translator
Classifications:	F868.S5, 779.3

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about David Brower

The man who built the Sierra Club : a life of David Brower by Bob Wyss( )
David Brower : the making of the environmental movement by Tom Turner( )
Let the mountains talk, let the rivers run : a call to those who would save the earth by David Brower( Book )
For earth's sake : the life and times of David Brower by David Brower( Book )
Dreamers & defenders : American conservationists by Douglas Hillman Strong( Book )

Environmental pioneers by Patricia Byrnes( Book )
Work in progress by David Brower( Book )
Monumental : David Brower's fight for wild America( Visual )
David Brower : friend of the earth by Debby Anker( Book )
The wildness within : remembering David Brower by Kenneth Brower( Book )
The protectors by Kathiann M Kowalski( )
For earth's sake by David Brower( Recording )
Environmental activist, publicist, and prophet by David Brower( Book )
David R. Brower, environmental activist, publicist and prophet : an interview conducted by David Brower( Book )
A publisher's career with the University of California Press, the Sierra Club, and the California Native Plant Society : by August Frugé( )
Mountaineer, lawyer, environmentalist by Richard M Leonard( Book )
Richard M. Leonard--mountaineer, lawyer, environmentalist : an interview by Richard M Leonard( Book )
Thee wildness within : remembering David Brower by Kenneth Brower( )
Sierra Club president, 1991-1992 : the club, the Legal Defense Fund, and leadership issues, 1984-1993 by Phillip S Berry( Book )
For earth's sake : the life and times of David Brower( Visual )

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Most widely held works by David Brower

Gentle wilderness; the Sierra Nevada by John Muir( Book )

23 editions published between 1964 and 1995 in English and held by 1,165 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The place no one knew : Glen Canyon on the Colorado by Eliot Porter( Book )

29 editions published between 1963 and 2000 in English and held by 1,131 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A Glen Canyon happens only once; there is no scenic climax anywhere that can quite approach it. Prehistoric Indian sites have been salvaged

This is the American earth by Ansel Adams( Book )

2 editions published in 1960 in English and held by 1,118 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Photographs by Ansel Adams and 31 others, with text by Nancy Newhall and foreword by David Brower, executive director of Sierra Club

Not man apart : lines from Robinson Jeffers ; photographs of the Big Sur coast by Ansel Adams [and others] by David Brower( Book )

30 editions published between 1965 and 1986 in English and French and held by 1,025 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Everest : the west ridge by Thomas F Hornbein( Book )

23 editions published between 1963 and 1968 in English and Undetermined and held by 710 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In one of mountaineering's greatest adventure stories, Tom Hornbein tells of his and Willi Unsoeld's dramatic first ascent of Everest's West Ridge-a route that had been dismissed as hopeless by all previous expeditions. Part of the first successful American expedition, Hornbein and Unsoeld ascended beyond the point of no return to make the summit, and were then forced to bivouac at 28,000 feet without food, shelter, or oxygen. The story of their climb and survival is unforgettably told in Everest: The West Ridge

Galapagos : the flow of wildness by Eliot Porter( Book )

5 editions published between 1968 and 1970 in English and held by 708 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Color photographs and text investigate the scientific and poetic virtues of the Galapagos Islands and describe the need for their conservation as genetic reservoirs for future discovery. For contents and other editions, see Title Catalog

Time and the river flowing : Grand Canyon by François Leydet( Book )

5 editions published between 1964 and 1968 in English and held by 700 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The author describes his travels in Arizona's Grand Canyon, illuminating is long history and that of the Colorado River that created it, in a volume featuring numerous full-page color photographs, and excerpts from other authors' works on the Canyon

Kauai and the park country of Hawaii by Robert Wenkam( Book )

6 editions published in 1967 in English and held by 527 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Ansel Adams by Nancy Newhall( Book )

1 edition published in 1964 in English and held by 523 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Central Park country : a tune within us by Nancy Johnston( Book )

3 editions published in 1968 in English and held by 451 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Summer island : Penobscot country by Eliot Porter( Book )

5 editions published between 1966 and 1976 in English and held by 446 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Only a little planet by Lawrence Collins( Book )

8 editions published between 1972 and 1975 in English and held by 441 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The wild Cascades : forgotten parkland by Harvey Manning( Book )

1 edition published in 1965 in English and held by 407 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Wilderness : America's living heritage by David Brower( Book )

7 editions published between 1961 and 1962 in English and held by 401 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Condor question : captive or forever free?( Book )

4 editions published in 1981 in English and held by 398 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Return to the Alps by Max Knight( Book )

7 editions published between 1970 and 1976 in English and held by 336 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Natural state : a literary anthology of California nature writing by Steven Gilbar( Book )

2 editions published in 1998 in English and held by 311 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This is the first anthology of nature writing that celebrates California, the most geographically diverse state in the union. Readers-be they naturalists or armchair explorers-will find themselves transported to California's many wild places in the company of forty noted writers whose works span more than a century. Divided into sections on California's mountains, hills and valleys, deserts, coast, and elements (earth, wind, and fire), the book contains essays, diary entries, and excerpts from larger works, including fiction. As a prelude to the collection, editor Steven Gilbar presents two Ca

Wildlands in our civilization by David Brower( Book )

5 editions published in 1964 in English and held by 298 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The meaning of wilderness to science; proceedings, sixth biennial Wilderness Conference. Principal contributors: Daniel B. Beard [et al.] Edited by David Brower by Daniel B Beard( Book )

10 editions published in 1960 in English and held by 296 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Sponsored by the Sierra Club. Five col. postcards in pocket. Maps on lining papers

Manual of ski mountaineering by National Ski Association of America( Book )

23 editions published between 1942 and 2020 in English and held by 240 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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