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Mardy Murie Did!: Grandmother of Conservation

By Jequita Potts McDaniel

Book information

Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing
Year
2011
ISBN
9781589795259, 9781589795655, 2010020055
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (2881645 bytes)
Pages
\0
Time added
2023-01-05 11:20:12
Biography & Autobiography; Juvenile Nonfiction; JN

Description

Few people have been as dedicated to wilderness preservation as Mardy Murie. The first woman to graduate from the University of Alaska, she married Olaus Murie, a noted biologist, and moved to Jackson Hole in 1927. There she became involved in the enlargement of Grand Teton National Park in 1950, The Wilderness Act of 1964, and the creation of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. For all of her accomplishments, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Bill Clinton in 1998. This delightful book will introduce children to Mardy's fascinating life, and it encourages them to "be nice to the land and the trees and the air . . . we can do this you and me—because Mardy Murie Did!"

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