Saving the Big Thicket: From Exploration to Preservation, 1685-2003 (Temple Big Thicket Series, No. 4.)

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Summary: Chronicling modern history in an eminently readible manner
Review: Originally written in 1976 (under the title "Assault on a Wilderness"), Saving The Big Thicket: From Exploration To Preservation, 1685-2003 is the environmental saga of a ten-year war between conservationists and timber companies concerning the 84,550 acres of the Texas Big Thicket National Preserve. Chronicling modern history in an eminently readible manner, Saving The Big Thicket reveals in detail the issues advocated by both sides of the often heated controversy, and offers a handful of black-and-white photographs as embellishment. Saving The Big Thicket is a welcome and scholarly addition to American conservation studies and environmental history shelves.