Portrays the life of George Perkins Marsh, his career in politics, and his efforts to prevent pollution and to protect the country's environment
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Portrays the life of George Perkins Marsh, his career in politics, and his efforts to prevent pollution and to protect the country's environment
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Edition:
Presumed First Paperback Edition, First printing
Publisher:
Countryman Press
Published:
1982
Alibris ID:
14445640938
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Seller's Description:
Frank Lieberman (designer) Very good. 123, [5] pages. With over 100 antique photographs. Initial printing was limited to 3500 copies. This work was published in observance of the 100th anniversary of Marsh's death in 1882. It graphically portrays the many-faceted career of this extraordinarily versatile Vermonter. Marsh is best known for his pioneering environmental study, Man and Nature, which was first published in 1864. Marsh was a lawyer, linguist, businessman, farmer, designer, Congressman, and diplomat (he was Minister to Turkey and to the newly-united Kingdom of Italy, where he spent the last twenty-one years of his life, a tour of duty unprecedented in American diplomacy). In Congress he supported creating of the Smithsonian Institution. Jane Curtis is a Smith graduate, a bookshop owner, and a writer for the printed word and for radio. Will Curtis, in addition to running a bookshop and contributing to NPR's All Things Considered and also providing syndicated radio commentaries, served in the Vermont Legislature. Frank Lieberman is a European-trained typographer and designer. He is a professional graphic designer.
