Environmental Bibliography

I’ve mentioned several times that everything we need to know about ecology and the natural world was written before 1990. The following environmental bibliography is from our personal library, and includes some works written and published more recently.

  • Moby Dick, Herman Melville 1851
  • Walden, Henry David Thoreau, 1854
  • Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman, 1855
  • On the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin, 1859
  • Boys Own Natural History, Rev J. G. Wood , 1884
  • Marvels of the New West, William M. Thayer, 1887
  • In the Forest: tales of wood-life, Maximilian Foster, 1901
  • Conference on the Conservation of Natural Resources, I. C.White, 1908
  • Ecology of the Coyote, Adolph Murie, 1940
  • Under the sea-wind, a naturalist’s picture of ocean life, Rachel Carson, 1941
  • The Green World of the Naturalists, Victor Wolfgang von Hagen, 1948
  • A Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold, 1949
  • The Sea Around Us, Rachel Carson, 1951
  • People of the Deer, Farley Mowat, 1952
  • Plants, Man and Life, Edgar Anderson, 1952
  • Problems and Control of Air Pollution, Frederick S.Mallette, 1955
  • The Immense Journey, Loren C. Eiseley, 1959
  • America Challenged, William Douglas, 1960
  • The Forest and the Sea, Marston Bates, 1960
  • Wilderness, America’s Living Heritage, Ansel Adams, 1961
  • A Naturalist in Alaska, Adolph Murie, 1961
  • Fire On the Mountain, Edward Abbey, 1962
  • Silent Spring, Rachel Carson, 1962
  • Last of the Curlews, Fred Bodsworth, 1963
  • Never Cry Wolf, Farley Mowat, 1963
  • The World of Birds, James Fisher, 1964
  • Plants and the Ecosystem, W. D. Billings, 1964
  • The Life of the Green Plant, Arthur W. Galston, 1964
  • Animal Diversity, Earl D. Hanson, 1964
  • Forest Ecology, Stephen Hopkins Spurr, ,1964
  • The Strategy of Life, Clifford Grobstein, 1965
  • Dune, Frank Herbert, 1965
  • The Last Paradises; on the track of rare animals, Eugen Schuhmacher, 1967
  • Desert solitaire; a season in the wilderness, Edward Abbey, 1968
  • Resources and man; a study and recommendations,National Research Council (U.S.) 1969
  • Hawks, Owls, and Wildlife, John J. Craighead, John J. 1969
  • Dry Ditches, Mary Louise Parcher, 1970
  • Wildlife Crisis, Philip, Duke of Edinburgh,1970
  • Population, Resources, Environment, Paul R. and Anne H. Ehrlich, 1970
  • The Invisible Pyramid, Loren C. Eiseley, 1970
  • The Population Bomb, Paul Ehrlich, 1971
  • The Closing Circle: Nature, Man, and Technology, Barry Commoner, 1971
  • Slaughter the Animals, Poison the Earth, Jack Olsen, 1971
  • Earth Care Manual, R. Paul Firnhaber, 1971
  • Living on the Earth, Alicia Bay Laurel, 1971
  • Speak to the earth; appreciating and conserving our beautiful world, Shifra Stein, 1972
  • Hunters of the Northern Ice, Richard K. Nelson, 1972
  • The High Sierra, Ezra Bowen, 1972
  • Cactus Country, Edward Abbey, 1973
  • The Velvet Monkey Wrench, John Muir, 1973
  • Good Earth Almanac, Mark Gregory, 1973
  • Ecological Principles for Economic Development, Raymond Dasmann, John Milton and Peter Freeman, 1973
  • The Water Seekers, Remi A. Nadeau, 1974
  • Song of the Earth Spirit, Susanne Anderson, 1974
  • Mankind at the Turning Point, Mihajlo Mesarovic, Eduard Pestel, 1974
  • Cry crisis! : rehearsal in Alaska, Harvey Manning, 1974
  • Turtle Island, Gary Snyder, 1974
  • Ecotopia, Ernest Callenbach, 1975
  • Energybook, No 1: Natural Sources and Backyard Applications, John Prentis, 1975
  • Man and his physical environment : readings in environmental geology, Garry D. McKenzie, 1975
  • Thinking Like a Mountain, Susan L. Flader, 1975
  • World energy strategies: Facts, issues, and options, Amory B. Lovins, 1975
  • Communities and Ecosystems, R. H. Whittaker, 1975
  • The people’s land : a reader on land reform in the United States, Peter Barnes, 1975
  • Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered, E. F. Schumacher, 1975
  • The Conservation Alteranative, Raymond Dasmann, 1975
  • Monkey Wrench Gang, Edward Paul Abbey, 1976
  • Ecological Consequences of the Second Indochina War, Stockholm International Peace Research, 1976
  • Radical Technology, Peter Harper, 1976
  • Energy Basis for Man and Nature, Edward T. Odum and Elizabeth Odum, 1976
  • Ecology of Man: An Ecosystem Approach, Robert Leo Smith, 1976
  • The Threatened World of Nature, Raymond F. Dasmann, 1976
  • The Brave Cowboy, Edward Abbey, 1977
  • Where the Grizzly Walks, Bill Scheider, 1977
  • The Journey Home: Some Words in Defense of the American West, Edward Abbey, 1977
  • Weapons of Mass Destruction and the Environment, Stockholm International Peace Research, 1977
  • The Populist Moment: A Short History of the Agrarian Revolt in America, Lawrence Goodwyn, 1978
  • Principles of Ecology, Richard Brewer, 1978
  • Why Big Fierce Animals Are Rare: An Ecologist’s Perspective, Paul A. Colinvaux, 1978
  • Appropriate Technology Sourcebook, Ken Darrow,,1978
  • Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Annie Dillard, 1978
  • Abbey’s Road, Edward Abbey, 1979
  • Environmental Economics, Joseph J.Seneca, 1979
  • God’s dog : a celebration of the North American coyote, Hope Ryden, 1979
  • Of Wolves and Men, Barry Holstun Lopez, 1979
  • The Seventh Year: Industrial Civilization in Transition, W. Jackson Davis, 1979
  • Pathway to Energy Sufficiency: the 2050 Study, John S. Steinhart, 1979
  • The Energy Controversy: Soft Path Questions and Answers, Amory Lovins, 1979
  • Present Value : Constructing a Sustainable Future,Gigi Coe, 1979
  • Good News, Edward Abbey, 1980
  • Mountains Without Handrails: Reflections on the National Parks, Joseph L. Sax, 1980
  • Encounters with the Archdruid, John McPhee, 1980
  • Conservation Biology, Michael Soulé and Bruce Wilcox, eds., 1980
  • Eco-Philosophy: Designing New Tactics For Living, Henryk Skolimowski, 1981
  • Water and Power : the Peripheral Canal and its alternatives, Harry Dennis, 1981
  • Energy/War, Breaking the Nuclear Link, Amory B. Lovins, 1981
  • Reinhabiting Cities and Towns: Designing for Sustainability,John Todd, 1981
  • Should Trees Have Standing?: Towards Legal Rights for Natural Objects, Christopher D. Stone, 1981
  • Ecotopia Emerging, Ernest Callenbach, 1981
  • Ecotopian Encyclopaedia for the 80’s: A Survival Guide for the Age of Inflation, Ernest Callenbach, 1981
  • Down the River, Edward Abbey, 1982
  • Progress as If Survival Mattered, edited by Hugh Nash, Friends of the Earth 1982
  • Sun: A Handbook for the Solar Decade, Stephen Lyons, 1982
  • Desert Notes: Reflections in the Eye of the Raven, Barry Holstun Lopez, 1983
  • Tools for the Soft Path, Jim Harding, 1983
  • Extinction, Paul R. Ehrlich, 1983
  • Shadow of the Hunter, Richard K. Nelson, 1983
  • Maps & Dreams, Hugh Brody, 1983
  • The Athabaskans People of the Boreal Forest, Richard K. Nelson, 1983
  • Gorillas In the Mist, Dian Fossey, 1984
  • People Of The Deer, Farley Mowat, 1984
  • Ecodefense: A field guide to Monkeywrenching, Dave Foreman,1985
  • Seeing Green: The Politics of Ecology Explained, Jonathon Porritt, 1985
  • Natural Acts, David Quammen, 1986
  • The Solace of Open Spaces, Gretel Ehrlich, 1986
  • Rising From the Plains, John McPhee, 1986
  • Make Prayers to the Raven: A Koyukon View of the Northern Forest,Richard K. Nelson, 1986
  • Hunters of the Northern Forest: Designs for Survival among the Alaskan Kutchin, Richard K. Nelson, 1986
  • The Man Who Planted Trees, Jean Giono, 1987
  • Cadillac Desert, Marc Reisner, 1987
  • Life in the Balance, David Rains Wallace, 1987
  • Playing God in Yellowstone, Playing God in Yellowstone, Alston Chase, 1987
  • Alters of Unhewn Stone, Wes Jackson, 1987
  • Beyond the Wall: Essays from the Outside, Edward Abbey, 1988
  • The New West of Edward Abbey, Ann Ronald, 1988
  • The Dream of the Earth, Thomas Berry, 1988
  • Words from the Land: Encounters With Natural History Writing, Stephen Trimble, 1988
  • The Songlines, Bruce Chatwin, 1988
  • Envisioning a Sustainable Society, Lester W. Milbrath, 1989
  • Outposts of Eden: A Curmudgeon at Large in the American West, Page Stegner, 1989
  • The Rights of Nature: A History of Environmental Ethics, Roderick Frazier Nash, 1989
  • The End of Nature, Bill McKibben, 1989
  • State of the World 1989: A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society, Lester R. Brown, 1989
  • The Big Outside, Howie Wolke, 1989
  • The Practice of the Wild, Gary Snyder, 1990
  • Hayduke Lives!: A Novel, Edward Abbey, 1990
  • The Environmental Wars: Reports from the Front Line, David Day,,1990
  • Green Rage: Radical Environmentalism and the Unmaking of Civilization, Christopher Manes, 1990
  • Eco Warriors: Understanding the Radical Environmental Movement, Rik Scarce, 1990
  • For Earth’s Sake: The Life and Times of David Brower, David Ross Brower, 1990
  • In Praise of Nature, Stephanie Mills, 1990
  • Living Arctic: Hunters of the Canadian North, Hugh Brody, 1990
  • The Earth First! Reader: Ten Years of Radical Environmentalism, John Davis, 1991
  • Confessions of an Eco-warrior, Dave Foreman, 1991
  • Biosphere politics : a new consciousness for a new century, Jeremy Rifkin, 1991
  • Dwellers in the Land: The Bioregional Vision, Kirkpatrick Sale,,1991
  • Wilderness on the Rocks, Howie Wolke, 1991
  • The Quiet Crisis and the Next Generation, Stewart L. Udall, 1991
  • In Nature’s Heart ~ the Wilderness Days of John Muir, John Muir, 1991
  • Work in Progress, David Ross Brower, 1991
  • Biologic Environmental Protection by Design, David Wann, 1991
  • Nature Trails, Doris B. Gates, 1991
  • The Big Outside, Dave Foreman, 1992
  • In the Absence of the Sacred, Jerry Mander, 1992
  • Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs, Wallace Stegner, 1992
  • State of the World 1992: A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society, Lester R. Brown, 1992
  • Messages from Earth: Nature and the Human Prospect in Alaska, Robert B. Weeden, 1992
  • Struggle for the Land, Ward Churchill, 1992
  • Millennium : tribal wisdom and the modern world, David Maybury-Lewis, 1992
  • Coyotes and Town Dogs: Earth First! and the Environmental Movement, Susan Zakin, 1993
  • Eco-Socialism: From Deep Ecology to Social Justice, David Pepper, 1993
  • The Voice of the Earth: An Exploration of the Ecopsychology, Theodore Roszak, 1993
  • State of the World 1993: A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society, Linda Starke, 1993
  • Anarchism: Left, Right and Green, Uike Heider Uike, 1994
  • Power surge : guide to the coming energy revolution, Christopher Flavin, 1994
  • Assembling California, John McPhee,, 994
  • When corporations rule the world, David C. Korten, 1995
  • The dying of the trees : the pandemic in America’s forests,Little, Charles E.,1995
  • The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance, Laurie Garrett, 1995
  • A Natural History of California, Allan A. Schoenherr, 1995
  • Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit, Daniel Quinn, 1995
  • Red Earth, White Lies: Native Americans and the Myth of Scientific Fact, Vine Deloria, 1995
  • Re-Enchanting Humanity, Murray Bookchin, 1996
  • Our Stolen Future, Theo Colborn, 1996
  • The Case Against the Global Economy, and for a Turn Toward the Local,Jerry Mander, 1996
  • Toward an Ecological Society, MurrayBookchin, 1996
  • Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth, William Logan, 1996
  • Traces of an Omnivore, Paul Shepard, 1996
  • The Story of B, Daniel Quinn, 1996
  • Politics of Social Ecology, Murray Bookchin, 1997
  • My Ishmael, Daniel Quinn, 1997
  • The Fool’s Progress: An Honest Novel, Edward Abbey, 1998
  • Coyote In The Maze: Tracking Edward Abbey in a World of Words, Peter Quigley, 1998
  • Recollected Essays, 1965-1980, Wendell Berry, 1998
  • All My Rivers Are Gone: A Journey of Discovery Through Glen Canyon, Katie Lee, 1998
  • To Interpret the Earth: Ten Ways to Be Wrong, Stanley A. Schumm, 1998
  • Ecological Democracy, Roy Morrison, 1999
  • For the Health of the Land, J. Baird Callicott and Eric T. Freyfogle, eds., 1999
  • Nature In Asian Traditions of Thought, J. Baird Callicott & Roger T. Ames, 1999
  • Beyond Civilization: Humanity’s Next Great Adventure, Daniel Quinn, 1999
  • The Western Range Revisited, Debra L. Donahue, 2000
  • Let the Mountains Talk, Let the Rivers Run, David Brower, 2000
  • Deep Ecology: Living as if Nature Mattered, Bill Devall, 2001
  • Welfare ranching : the subsidized destruction of the American West, George Wuerthner, 2002
  • The enemy of nature : the end of capitalism or the end of the world?, Joel Kovel, 2002
  • Yosemite and the Wild Sierra, Galen Rowell, 2003
  • The Newman’s Own Organics Guide to a Good Life, Nell Newman, 2003
  • The Party’s Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies, Richard Heinberg, 2005
  • Dam!: Water, Power, Politics, and Preservation in Hetch Hetchy and Yosemite National Park, John W. Simpson, 2005
  • Hope, Human and Wild: True Stories of Living Lightly on the Earth, Bill McKibben, 2007
  • The Power of Place: How Our Surroundings Shape Our Thoughts, Emotions, and Actions, Winifred Gallagher, 2007
  • Toolbox for Sustainable City Living: A do-it-Ourselves Guide, Scott Kellogg, 2008
  • Holy Shit: Managing Manure to Save Mankind, Gene Logsdon, 2010
  • Matter Journal 13: Edward Abbey,Edward Abbey, 2010
  • What Environmentalists Need to Know about Economics,Jason Scorse, 2010
  • Écritage, Michael A.Lewis, 2010
  • The Rights of Nature: The Case for a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth, 2011
  • The Environmeddlers, Michael A.Lewis, 2012
  • Overdevelopment, Overpopulation, Overshoot, Tom Butler, 2015
  • All The Wild That Remains: Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, and the American West, David Gessner, 2016
  • This Land: How Cowboys, Capitalism and Corruption are Ruining the American West, Christopher Ketcham, 2019

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