Kenneth Brower
AuthorKenneth Brower
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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.

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 () 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.

Bibliography

Books

TitleYearPublisherRef.
With Their Islands Around Them1974Holt, Rinehart and Winston[14]
The Starship and the Canoe1978Holt, Rinehart and Winston[9]
A Song for Satawal1983Harper & Roe[15]
Yosemite: An American Treasure1990National Geographic Society[1]
One Earth: Photographed by More Than 80 of the World's Best Photojournalists1990Collins Publishers[16]
Realms of the Sea1991National Geographic Society[17]
American Legacy: Our National Forests1997National Geographic Society[18]
The Winemaker's Marsh: Four Seasons in a Restored Wetland2001Sierra Club Books · Random House [19]
Freeing Keiko: The Journey of a Killer Whale from Free Willy to the Wild2005Gotham Books[10]
The Wildness Within: Remembering David Brower2012Heyday Books[20]
Hetch Hetchy: Undoing a Great American Mistake2013Heyday Books[21]
Curtsinger: Reflections on the Life and Adventures of Photographer Bill Curtsinger2021Peregrine Press[22]

The Earth's Wild Places 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

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. ^ Brower, Kenneth (25 January 2016). "What's in a name at Yosemite". National Geographic History & Culture. Archived from the original on March 22, 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  2. ^ Brower, Kenneth (November 2022). "Brave Thinkers (2011)". The Atlantic (subscription required)
  3. ^ Brower, Kenneth (February 2002). "The Artful Dodger". Smithsonian
  4. ^ Brower, Kenneth (March 2004). "Barn Owl". Audubon. California: National Audubon Society. – via fresnowildlife.org.
  5. ^ Brower, Kenneth (March 2009). "Still Blue". National Geographic. Vol. 215, no. 3. pp. 134–153. (subscription required)
  6. ^ Brower, Kenneth (1985). "The Big Island: Hawaii in Essence". National Geographic Traveler. Vol. 2, no. 3. p. 30.
  7. ^ Brower, Kenneth (1 December 2014). "Appreciation: Lessons From the Man Who Stopped Grand Canyon Dams". National Geographic History & Culture. Archived from the original on March 9, 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  8. ^ Brower, Kenneth (1999). "Getting Lost on the West Coast". National Geographic Adventure. Vol. 1, no. 1.
  9. ^ Brower, Kenneth (1979). The Starship and the Canoe. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. ISBN 978-1-68051-279-3. – via Google Books
  10. ^ 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
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  12. ^ Hayden, Laura (21 June 2012). "Q&A: Kenneth Brower Remembers His Father". Sierra Club. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  13. ^ "Kenneth Brower". The Writers Directory, St. James Press, Gale. 2018. Retrieved 26 November 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). Maui: The Last Hawaiian Place. The Earth's wild places. Brower, Kenneth (ed.). 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). The Primal Alliance: Earth and Ocean. The Earth's wild places. Brower, Kenneth (ed.). Friends of the Earth. ISBN 978-0-84150-102-7. – via Google Books
  26. ^ Hanie, Robert (1974). Wake of the Whale. Guale, the Golden Coast of Georgia. Brower, Kenneth (ed.). Friends of the Earth, E. P. Dutton. ISBN 978-0-91389-002-8.
  27. ^ Brower, Kenneth & Wenkam, Robert (1975). Maui: The Last Hawaiian Place, Friends of the Earth. The Earth's wild places. Brower, Kenneth (ed.). 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). Not Man Apart: Photographs of the Big Sur Coast. Sierra Club Exhibit Format Series. Brower, Kenneth (ed.). Sierra Club Books. ISBN 978-0-88486-005-1.
  31. ^ Hornbein, Thomas F.; Dyhrenfurth, Norman G.; Brower, David (2013). Everest, the West Ridge. Sierra Club Exhibit Format Series. Brower, Kenneth (ed.). Sierra Club Books. ISBN 978-1-59485-707-2.
  32. ^ Jett, Jett (1967). Navajo Wildlands: As Long as the Rivers Shall Run. Sierra Club Exhibit Format Series. Brower, Kenneth (ed.). Sierra Club Books
  33. ^ Wenkam, Robert & Brower, Kenneth (1967). Kauai and the Park Country of Hawaii. Sierra Club Exhibit Format Series. Brower, Kenneth (ed.). Sierra Club Books
  34. ^ Krutch, Joseph Wood (1967). Baja California and the Geography of Hope. Sierra Club Exhibit Format Series. Brower, Kenneth (ed.). Sierra Club Books