Kenneth Brower

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Kenneth Brower c.2012
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Kenneth Brower is an American writer known for his natural environment writings. His published works include articles with the National Geographic Society, [1] The Atlantic Monthly, [2] Smithsonian, [3] Audubon, [4] and several other periodicals.

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Brower's articles have appeared in National Geographic, [5] National Geographic Books, [1] National Geographic Traveler, [6] National Geographic History & Culture (online) [7] and National Geographic Adventure. [8] He has also published articles with The Atlantic (Formerly known as The Atlantic Monthly). [2]

Brower is the author of several books about environmental issues and natural history. His publications include The Starship and the Canoe (1978) about the physicist Freeman Dyson and his son George Dyson; [9] Freeing Keiko: The Journey of a Killer Whale from Free Willy to the Wild, about the Orca, Keiko, made famous by the motion picture Free Willy; [10] And his book Yosemite: An American Treasure [1] is in over 1,200 WorldCat libraries. [11]

Brower is the oldest son of David Brower, who was a prominent environmentalist and the founder of many environmental organizations. His first job was working as an editor for the Exhibit Format series, published by Sierra Club Books. He also was a contributing author and editor for The Earth's Wild Places series. [12] [13]

Brower's career spans decades, this is list of his published works.

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Keiko, an Orca, starred in the film Free Willy and subject of Brower's book Freeing Keiko: The Journey of a Killer Whale from Free Willy to the Wild KeikoOrcaFreeWillyDec98.jpg
Keiko, an Orca, starred in the film Free Willy and subject of Brower's book Freeing Keiko: The Journey of a Killer Whale from Free Willy to the Wild
A Southern Right Whale and one of many Marine mammals featured in Brower's book Wake of the Whale Southern right whale.jpg
A Southern Right Whale and one of many Marine mammals featured in Brower's book Wake of the Whale
Yosemite National Park and the subject of Brower's book Yosemite: An American Treasure Yosemite National Park, California.jpg
Yosemite National Park and the subject of Brower's book Yosemite: An American Treasure

Books

Books
TitleYearPublisherRef.
With Their Islands Around Them1974 Holt, Rinehart and Winston [14]
The Starship and the Canoe1978 Holt, Rinehart and Winston [9]
A Song for Satawal1983 Harper & Roe [15]
Yosemite: An American Treasure1990 National Geographic Society [1]
One Earth: Photographed by More Than 80 of the World's Best Photojournalists1990 Collins Publishers [16]
Realms of the Sea1991 National Geographic Society [17]
American Legacy: Our National Forests1997 National Geographic Society [18]
The Winemaker's Marsh: Four Seasons in a Restored Wetland2001 [19]
Freeing Keiko: The Journey of a Killer Whale from Free Willy to the Wild2005 Gotham Books [10]
The Wildness Within: Remembering David Brower2012 Heyday Books [20]
Hetch Hetchy: Undoing a Great American Mistake2013 Heyday Books [21]
Curtsinger: Reflections on the Life and Adventures of Photographer Bill Curtsinger2021Peregrine Press [22]

The Earth's Wild Places series

series
TitleYearAuthorCo-authorEditorRef.
Maui: The Last Hawaiian Place1970
[23]
Earth and the Great Weather: the Brooks Range1971
[24]
The Primal Alliance: Earth and Ocean1971
[25]
Guale, the Golden Coast of Georgia1974
[26]
Micronesia: Island Wilderness1975
[27]
Wake of the Whale1979
[28]
Micronesia, the Land, the People, and the Sea1981
[29]

Exhibit Format series

All books in this series were published by Sierra Club Books

series
TitleYearCo-authorEditorRef.
Not Man Apart: Photographs of the Big Sur Coast1964
[30]
Everest, the West Ridge1965
[31]
Navajo Wildlands: As Long as the Rivers Shall Run1967
[32]
Kauai and the Park Country of Hawaii1967
[33]
Baja California and the Geography of Hope1967
[34]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Brower, Kenneth (January 25, 2016). "What's in a name at Yosemite". National Geographic History & Culture. Yosemite. Archived from the original on March 22, 2021. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  2. 1 2 Brower, Kenneth (November 2022). "Brave Thinkers (2011)". The Atlantic .  via  The Atlantic (subscription required)
  3. Brower, Kenneth (February 2002). "The Artful Dodger". Smithsonian . American West.
  4. Brower, Kenneth (March 2004). "Barn Owl" (PDF). Audubon . California: National Audubon Society via fresnowildlife.org.
  5. Brower, Kenneth (March 2009). "Still Blue". National Geographic . Vol. 215, no. 3. pp. 134–153.  via  National Geographic archive (subscription required)
  6. Brower, Kenneth (1985). "The Big Island: Hawaii in Essence". National Geographic Traveler . Vol. 2, no. 3. p. 30.
  7. Brower, Kenneth (December 1, 2014). "Appreciation: Lessons From the Man Who Stopped Grand Canyon Dams". National Geographic History & Culture. Grand Canyon. Archived from the original on March 9, 2021. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  8. Brower, Kenneth (1999). "Getting Lost on the West Coast". National Geographic Adventure . Vol. 1, no. 1.
  9. 1 2 Brower, Kenneth (1979). The Starship and the Canoe. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. ISBN   978-1-68051-279-3 via Google Books.
  10. 1 2 Brower, Kenneth (2005). Freeing Keiko: The Journey of a Killer Whale from Free Willy to the Wild. Gotham Books. ISBN   978-1-59240-1-475 via Google Books.
  11. Kenneth Brower in libraries ( WorldCat catalog)
  12. Hayden, Laura (June 21, 2012). "Q&A: Kenneth Brower Remembers His Father". Sierra Club . Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  13. "Kenneth Brower". The Writers Directory, St. James Press, Gale. 2018. Retrieved November 26, 2022.
  14. Brower, Kenneth (1974). With Their Islands Around Them. The Earth's wild places. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. ISBN   978-0-03-013121-9 via Google Books.
  15. Brower, Kenneth (1983). A Song for Satawal. Harper & Roe. ISBN   978-0-06-015093-8 via Google Books.
  16. One Earth: Photographed by More Than 80 of the World's Leading Photojournalists. Collins Publishers. 1990. ISBN   978-0-00-637660-6 via Google Books.
  17. Brower, Kenneth (1991). Realms of the Sea. National Geographic Society. ISBN   978-0-87044-856-0 via Google Books.
  18. Brower, Kenneth (1997). American Legacy: Our National Forests. National Geographic Society. ISBN   978-0-7922-4230-7 via Google Books.
  19. Brower, Kenneth (2001). The Winemaker's Marsh: Four Seasons in a Restored Wetland. Sierra Club Books;Random House. ISBN   1-57805-058-8 via Google Books.
  20. Brower, Kenneth (2012). The Wildness Within: Remembering David Brower. Heyday Books. ISBN   978-1-59714-186-4 via Google Books.
  21. Brower, Kenneth (2012). Hetch Hetchy: Undoing a Great American Mistake. Heyday Books. ISBN   978-1-59714-228-1 via Google Books.
  22. Brower, Kenneth (2021). Curtsinger: Reflections on the Life and Adventures of Photographer Bill Curtsinger. Peregrine Press. ISBN   978-0-98835-5-088 via Google Books.
  23. Brower, Kenneth; Wenkam, Robert (1979). Brower, Kenneth (ed.). Maui: The Last Hawaiian Place. The Earth's wild places. Friends of the Earth. ISBN   978-0-91389-004-2 via Google Books.
  24. Brower, Kenneth (1971). Earth and the Great Weather: the Brooks Range. The Earth's wild places. Friends of the Earth. ISBN   978-0-84150-101-0 via Google Books.
  25. Hay, John (1971). Brower, Kenneth (ed.). The Primal Alliance: Earth and Ocean. The Earth's wild places. Friends of the Earth. ISBN   978-0-84150-102-7 via Google Books.
  26. Hanie, Robert (1974). Brower, Kenneth (ed.). Wake of the Whale. Guale, the Golden Coast of Georgia. Friends of the Earth, E. P. Dutton. ISBN   978-0-91389-002-8.
  27. Brower, Kenneth; Wenkam, Robert (1975). Brower, Kenneth (ed.). Maui: The Last Hawaiian Place, Friends of the Earth. The Earth's wild places. Friends of the Earth. ISBN   978-0-91389-013-4 via Google Books.
  28. Brower, Kenneth (1979). Wake of the Whale. The Earth's wild places. Friends of the Earth, E. P. Dutton. ISBN   978-0-52522-950-6 via Google Books.
  29. Brower, Kenneth (1981). Micronesia, the Land, the People, and the Sea. Louisiana State Press. ISBN   978-0-8071-0992-2 via Google Books.
  30. Jeffers, Robinson (1964). Brower, Kenneth (ed.). Not Man Apart: Photographs of the Big Sur Coast. Sierra Club Exhibit Format Series. Sierra Club Books. ISBN   978-0-88486-005-1.
  31. Hornbein, Thomas F.; Dyhrenfurth, Norman G.; Brower, David (2013). Brower, Kenneth (ed.). Everest, the West Ridge. Sierra Club Exhibit Format Series. Sierra Club Books. ISBN   978-1-59485-707-2.
  32. Jett, Jett (1967). Brower, Kenneth (ed.). Navajo Wildlands: As Long as the Rivers Shall Run. Sierra Club Exhibit Format Series. Illustrated by Hornbein, Hornbein. Sierra Club Books.
  33. Wenkam, Robert; Brower, Kenneth (1967). Brower, Kenneth (ed.). Kauai and the Park Country of Hawaii. Sierra Club Exhibit Format Series. Sierra Club Books.
  34. Krutch, Joseph Wood (1967). Brower, Kenneth (ed.). Baja California and the Geography of Hope. Sierra Club Exhibit Format Series. Illustrated by Eliot Porter. Sierra Club Books.