Engineering Eden : the true story of a violent death, a trial, and the fight over controlling nature /

The fascinating story of a trial that opened a window onto the century-long battle to control nature in the national parks. When twenty-five-year-old Harry Walker was killed by a bear in Yellowstone Park in 1972, the civil trial prompted by his death became a proxy for bigger questions about America...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Smith, Jordan Fisher (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Crown, [2016]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	United States. > National Park Service > Trials, litigation, etc. Yellowstone National Park > Management > History > 20th century. Yellowstone National Park > Environmental conditions > History > 20th century. Nature > Effect of human beings on > Yellowstone National Park > History > 20th century. Bear attacks > Yellowstone National Park > History > 20th century. Violent deaths > Yellowstone National Park > History > 20th century. Negligence > United States > History > 20th century. Trials > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century. National parks and reserves > United States > History. Environmentalism > United States > History. SCIENCE > History. NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Wilderness. NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection.

Table of Contents:

Prologue
American Eden. Los Angeles ; American Eden ; Yosemite and Yellowstone ; Appalachian spring ; Frank ; The balance of nature ; Berkeley ; Claypool ; Smitty ; Trout Creek
Natural regulation. The big kill ; Starker ; Prometheus ; Observable artificiality in any form ; Reconstruction ; Cole ; The night of the grizzlies ; Natural control ; Bad blood ; Bear management committee ; Firehold ; The temptation of Starker Leopold ; Natural regulation
Take it easy. Last straws ; Take it easy ; Old Faithful ; The search for Harry Walker
Human nature. Martha shell ; B-1 ; The discipline ; The verdict ; The appeal
Epilogue
Afterword.