Bill McKibben compiles a powerful anthology in *American Earth*, showcasing pivotal American environmental writing spanning two centuries. The collection features influential works by authors like Henry David Thoreau and Rachel Carson, alongside accounts of early conservation efforts and critical essays on sustainability. It serves as a compelling call to recognize and address the fragility of our planet.
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Bill McKibben compiles a powerful anthology in *American Earth*, showcasing pivotal American environmental writing spanning two centuries. The collection features influential works by authors like Henry David Thoreau and Rachel Carson, alongside accounts of early conservation efforts and critical essays on sustainability. It serves as a compelling call to recognize and address the fragility of our planet.
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As America and the world grapple with the consequences of global environmental change, writer and activist Bill McKibben offers this unprecedented, provocative, and timely anthology, gathering the best and most significant American environmental writing from the last two centuries. Classics of the environmental imagination?the essays of Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and John Burroughs; Aldo Leopold?s A Sand County Almanac; Rachel Carson?s Silent Spring?are set against the inspiring story of an...
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Romance & sex
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No sexual content present
Violence & gore
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Brief mentions of harm to wildlife and natural destruction in environmental contexts
Profanity
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No profanity present
Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Minor inclusion of spiritual and indigenous views on nature and land
Magic & witchcraft
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No witchcraft or occult elements present
Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Pervasive environmental advocacy, conservation messaging, and political writings on policy and human-nature relations
Self-harm / suicide
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No self-harm or suicide depicted
Abuse & suffering
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Recurring depictions of human suffering from environmental disasters, land exploitation, and impacts on workers and wildlife
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