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This grand & magnificent place, the wilderness heritage of the White Mountains, Christopher Johnson

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-301) and index

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This grand & magnificent place

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Christopher Johnson

the wilderness heritage of the White Mountains

This is the complex story of New Hampshire?s White Mountains, from the range?s days as the majestic homeland of the Abenaki, first seen by English colonists four centuries ago, to its unassailable standing today as one of America?s most beloved national forests, comprising 112,000 acres of protected wilderness.Christopher Johnson, an avid hiker intimately familiar with the White Mountains, achieves two important objectives in This Grand and Magnificent Place. He lovingly explores their rich ecological, political, economic, and cultural history and, more broadly, opens a panoramic window on the evolution of American attitudes and policies toward wilderness over time

Exploring and settling the White Mountain wilderness, 1600-1820 -- Abenaki homeland, European wilderness, and early exploration -- First settlers and the taming of the wilderness -- Transforming attitudes toward wilderness, 1820-1900 -- Ethan Allen Crawford and the wilderness experience -- The artist who redeemed the wilderness -- Writers and the search for meaning in wilderness -- White Mountain art and the domestication of wilderness -- The resort hotels: luxury at the edge of wilderness -- Hiking clubs and a wilderness renaissance -- New policies toward wilderness, 1900-2005 -- The Weeks Act and its impact -- Outdoor recreation and the birth of a wilderness constituency -- Toward wilderness preservation: the development of a philosophy -- Preserving the White Mountain wilderness

This grand and magnificent place