Footprints on the Planet: A Search for an Environmental Ethic (association copy)
NY: Universe Books, 1978. First edition. Softcover. An association copy, inscribed on the half-title page: "To Jack Morehead, Protector of the National Parks and friend of wildlife and natural resources, who cares for the planet and its people, from Robert Cahn." Uncommon signed. John "Jack" Morehead was the chief ranger and then superintendent of Yosemite National Park, and later became the Assistant Director for Operations for the Department of the Interior (see this nice resolution singing his praises). Cahn was a prominent environmental journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1969 for a 16-part series titled "Will Success Spoil the National Parks?" and later collaborated with NPS director Horace Albright to produce Albright's book The Birth of National Park Service. Cahn's papers are held in the NPS History Collection. This book, Footprints on the Planet, was his first and "chronicles the continuing struggle between public need and private gain and investigates attitudes toward the environment in business, industry, and government." A couple pages of "suggested reading" at back are also quite interesting, useful. With a short intro by Jacques Cousteau and blurbs by William O. Douglas among others. A very good, tight paperback with edgewear, rubbing, and a crease down the spine. Some toning to pages and browning to lower page edges. A wonderful inscription. Very good / Very good. Item #1371
ISBN: 9780876639887
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