American Earth

Environmental Writing Since Thoreau

This anthology, edited by Bill McKibben, collects more than two centuries of American environmental writing, beginning with Henry David Thoreau and extending through conservationists, activists, scientists and contemporary essayists. It places classic nature writing alongside accounts of conservation campaigns, legal and political documents, protest speeches, poetry and visual material. The book traces changing ideas about wilderness, human impact on the natural world, sustainability and environmental action in the United States.

by Bill McKibben

Library of America · First published 2008 · 900 pages