Enos Mills

by Drummond, Alexander

"Enos Mills (1870-1922) was the quintessential voice of the Rocky Mountains in the early decades of the twentieth century and achieved national fame as a naturalist and nature writer, conservation pioneer, lecturer, and mountain adventurer. He was often ranked with the two great naturalists he most admired: John Muir and John Burroughs. Mills campaigned widely in defense of unspoiled nature and its creatures, stressing their inseparability from a whole and healthy human civilization. Most famous as an apostle of national parks and a key player in the young park movement, he nevertheless deeply distrusted institutions and clashed violently with both the Forest Service and Park Service bureaucracies."--BOOK JACKET. "Enos Mills: Citizen of Nature is the first full-length examination of Mills and his work, an incisive account of a complex, controversial, and often difficult man who touched millions of lives in his time and whose legacy has vivid relevance today. Four final chapters examine