Jump to content

Kenneth Brower: Difference between revisions

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Amyloo (talk | contribs)
95 edits
m redundant sentence
Amyloo (talk | contribs)
95 edits
No edit summary
Line 12: Line 12:
'''Kenneth Brower''' <!--born '''Kenneth David Brower''' in {{year|1944}}, at [[San Francisco, California]])<ref name="gale" /></ref>--> is an American [[writer]] known for his [[natural environment]] writings. His published works include [[Article (publishing)|articles]] with the [[National Geographic Society]],<ref name="yosemite" /> [[The Atlantic|The Atlantic Monthly]],<ref name="atlantic" /> [[Smithsonian (magazine)|Smithsonian]],<ref>{{cite magazine |date=February 2002 |last=Brower |first=Kenneth |author-link=Kenneth Brower |title=The Artful Dodger |volume=<!--Not stated--> |number=<!--Not stated--> |pages=<!--Not stated--> |magazine=[[Smithsonian (magazine)|Smithsonian]] |location=[[American West]]}}</ref> [[Audubon (magazine)|Audubon]],<ref>{{cite magazine |date=March 2004 |last=Brower |first=Kenneth |author-link=Kenneth Brower |title=Barn Owl |volume=<!--Not stated--> |number=<!--Not stated--> |pages=<!--Not stated--> |magazine=[[Audubon (magazine)|Audubon]] |publisher=[[National Audubon Society]] |location=[[California]] |via=fresnowildlife.org |url=https://www.fresnowildlife.org/images/pdf/magazinel.pdf}}</ref> and several other [[periodical]]s.
'''Kenneth Brower''' <!--born '''Kenneth David Brower''' in {{year|1944}}, at [[San Francisco, California]])<ref name="gale" /></ref>--> is an American [[writer]] known for his [[natural environment]] writings. His published works include [[Article (publishing)|articles]] with the [[National Geographic Society]],<ref name="yosemite" /> [[The Atlantic|The Atlantic Monthly]],<ref name="atlantic" /> [[Smithsonian (magazine)|Smithsonian]],<ref>{{cite magazine |date=February 2002 |last=Brower |first=Kenneth |author-link=Kenneth Brower |title=The Artful Dodger |volume=<!--Not stated--> |number=<!--Not stated--> |pages=<!--Not stated--> |magazine=[[Smithsonian (magazine)|Smithsonian]] |location=[[American West]]}}</ref> [[Audubon (magazine)|Audubon]],<ref>{{cite magazine |date=March 2004 |last=Brower |first=Kenneth |author-link=Kenneth Brower |title=Barn Owl |volume=<!--Not stated--> |number=<!--Not stated--> |pages=<!--Not stated--> |magazine=[[Audubon (magazine)|Audubon]] |publisher=[[National Audubon Society]] |location=[[California]] |via=fresnowildlife.org |url=https://www.fresnowildlife.org/images/pdf/magazinel.pdf}}</ref> and several other [[periodical]]s.


Brower's published articles have appeared in [[National Geographic]],<ref>{{cite magazine |date=March 2009 |last=Brower |first=Kenneth |author-link=Kenneth Brower |title=Still Blue |magazine=[[National Geographic]] |volume=215 |number=3 |pages=134–153 |url=https://archive.nationalgeographic.com/national-geographic/2009-mar/flipbook/134/ }}{{subscription required|via=[https://archive.nationalgeographic.com/ National Geographic archive]}}</ref> National Geographic Books,<ref name="yosemite" /> [[National Geographic Traveler]],<ref>{{cite magazine |date=1985 |last=Brower |first=Kenneth |author-link=Kenneth Brower |title=The Big Island: Hawaii in Essence |magazine=[[National Geographic Traveler]] |volume=2 |number=3 |page=30}}</ref> National Geographic History & Culture (online)<ref>{{cite web |access-date=21 November 2022 |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/141202-grand-canyon-dams-colorado-river-martin-litton-conservation |date=1 December 2014 |last=Brower |first=Kenneth |author-link=Kenneth Brower |title=Appreciation: Lessons From the Man Who Stopped Grand Canyon Dams |work=National Geographic History & Culture |location=[[Grand Canyon]]}}</ref> and [[National Geographic Adventure]].<ref>{{cite magazine |date=1999 |last=Brower |first=Kenneth |author-link=Kenneth Brower |title=Getting Lost on the West Coast |magazine=[[National Geographic Adventure (magazine)|National Geographic Adventure]] |volume=1 |number=1 |page= |location=}}</ref> He has also published articles with [[The Atlantic]] (Formerly known as ''The Atlantic Monthly'').<ref name="atlantic">{{cite magazine |date=November 2022 |last=Brower |first=Kenneth |author-link=Kenneth Brower |title=Brave Thinkers (2011) |volume=<!--Not stated--> |number=<!--Not stated--> |pages=<!--Not stated--> |magazine=[[The Atlantic]] |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/11/brave-thinkers/307691/}} {{subscription required|via=[https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/backissues/ The Atlantic]}}</ref>
Brower's articles have appeared in [[National Geographic]],<ref>{{cite magazine |date=March 2009 |last=Brower |first=Kenneth |author-link=Kenneth Brower |title=Still Blue |magazine=[[National Geographic]] |volume=215 |number=3 |pages=134–153 |url=https://archive.nationalgeographic.com/national-geographic/2009-mar/flipbook/134/ }}{{subscription required|via=[https://archive.nationalgeographic.com/ National Geographic archive]}}</ref> National Geographic Books,<ref name="yosemite" /> [[National Geographic Traveler]],<ref>{{cite magazine |date=1985 |last=Brower |first=Kenneth |author-link=Kenneth Brower |title=The Big Island: Hawaii in Essence |magazine=[[National Geographic Traveler]] |volume=2 |number=3 |page=30}}</ref> National Geographic History & Culture (online)<ref>{{cite web |access-date=21 November 2022 |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/141202-grand-canyon-dams-colorado-river-martin-litton-conservation |date=1 December 2014 |last=Brower |first=Kenneth |author-link=Kenneth Brower |title=Appreciation: Lessons From the Man Who Stopped Grand Canyon Dams |work=National Geographic History & Culture |location=[[Grand Canyon]]}}</ref> and [[National Geographic Adventure]].<ref>{{cite magazine |date=1999 |last=Brower |first=Kenneth |author-link=Kenneth Brower |title=Getting Lost on the West Coast |magazine=[[National Geographic Adventure (magazine)|National Geographic Adventure]] |volume=1 |number=1 |page= |location=}}</ref> He has also published articles with [[The Atlantic]] (Formerly known as ''The Atlantic Monthly'').<ref name="atlantic">{{cite magazine |date=November 2022 |last=Brower |first=Kenneth |author-link=Kenneth Brower |title=Brave Thinkers (2011) |volume=<!--Not stated--> |number=<!--Not stated--> |pages=<!--Not stated--> |magazine=[[The Atlantic]] |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/11/brave-thinkers/307691/}} {{subscription required|via=[https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/backissues/ The Atlantic]}}</ref>


Brower is the author of several [[book]]s about [[environmental issues]] and [[natural history]]. His [[publication]]s include ''The Starship and the Canoe'' ({{year|1978}}) about the [[physicist]] [[Freeman Dyson]] and his son [[George Dyson (science historian)|George Dyson]];<ref name="canoe" /> ''Freeing Keiko: The Journey of a Killer Whale from Free Willy to the Wild'', about the [[Orca]], [[Keiko (Orca)|Keiko]], made famous by the [[motion picture]] [[Free Willy]];<ref name="willy" /> And his book ''Yosemite: An American Treasure''<ref name="yosemite">{{cite web |access-date=21 November 2022 |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/160125-yosemite-names-ahwahnee-wawona-national-park |date=25 January 2016 |last=Brower |first=Kenneth |author-link=Kenneth Brower |title=What's in a name at Yosemite |work=National Geographic History & Culture |location=[[Yosemite]]}}</ref> is in over 1,200 [[WorldCat]] libraries.<ref name="WorldCat">{{WorldCat|id=lccn-n79122091|name=Kenneth Brower}}</ref>
Brower is the author of several [[book]]s about [[environmental issues]] and [[natural history]]. His [[publication]]s include ''The Starship and the Canoe'' ({{year|1978}}) about the [[physicist]] [[Freeman Dyson]] and his son [[George Dyson (science historian)|George Dyson]];<ref name="canoe" /> ''Freeing Keiko: The Journey of a Killer Whale from Free Willy to the Wild'', about the [[Orca]], [[Keiko (Orca)|Keiko]], made famous by the [[motion picture]] [[Free Willy]];<ref name="willy" /> And his book ''Yosemite: An American Treasure''<ref name="yosemite">{{cite web |access-date=21 November 2022 |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/160125-yosemite-names-ahwahnee-wawona-national-park |date=25 January 2016 |last=Brower |first=Kenneth |author-link=Kenneth Brower |title=What's in a name at Yosemite |work=National Geographic History & Culture |location=[[Yosemite]]}}</ref> is in over 1,200 [[WorldCat]] libraries.<ref name="WorldCat">{{WorldCat|id=lccn-n79122091|name=Kenneth Brower}}</ref>

Revision as of 19:32, 9 May 2023

Kenneth Brower
bibliography
Kenneth Brower in 2012
Kenneth Brower c. 2012
Books↙26
References and footnotes

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 (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.

Bibliography

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
Yosemite National Park and the subject of Brower's book Yosemite: An American Treasure

Books

Title Year Publisher Ref.
With Their Islands Around Them 1974 Holt, Rinehart and Winston [14]
The Starship and the Canoe 1978 Holt, Rinehart and Winston [9]
A Song for Satawal 1983 Harper & Roe [15]
Yosemite: An American Treasure 1990 National Geographic Society [1]
One Earth: Photographed by More Than 80 of the World's Best Photojournalists 1990 Collins Publishers [16]
Realms of the Sea 1991 National Geographic Society [17]
American Legacy: Our National Forests 1997 National Geographic Society [18]
The Winemaker's Marsh: Four Seasons in a Restored Wetland 2001
[19]
Freeing Keiko: The Journey of a Killer Whale from Free Willy to the Wild 2005 Gotham Books [10]
The Wildness Within: Remembering David Brower 2012 Heyday Books [20]
Hetch Hetchy: Undoing a Great American Mistake 2013 Heyday Books [21]
Curtsinger: Reflections on the Life and Adventures of Photographer Bill Curtsinger 2021 Peregrine Press [22]

The Earth's Wild Places series

Title Year Author Co-author Editor Ref.
Maui: The Last Hawaiian Place 1970
✓
✓
 [23]
Earth and the Great Weather: the Brooks Range 1971
✓
 [24]
The Primal Alliance: Earth and Ocean 1971
✓
 [25]
Guale, the Golden Coast of Georgia 1974
✓
 [26]
Micronesia: Island Wilderness 1975
✓
✓
 [27]
Wake of the Whale 1979
✓
 [28]
Micronesia, the Land, the People, and the Sea 1981
✓
✓
 [29]

Exhibit Format series

All books in this series were published by Sierra Club Books

Title Year Co-author Editor Ref.
Not Man Apart: Photographs of the Big Sur Coast 1964
✓
 [30]
Everest, the West Ridge 1965
✓
 [31]
Navajo Wildlands: As Long as the Rivers Shall Run 1967
✓
 [32]
Kauai and the Park Country of Hawaii 1967
✓
✓
 [33]
Baja California and the Geography of Hope 1967
✓
 [34]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Brower, Kenneth (January 25, 2016). "What's in a name at Yosemite". National Geographic History & Culture. Yosemite. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  2. ^ a b 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. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  8. ^ Brower, Kenneth (1999). "Getting Lost on the West Coast". National Geographic Adventure. Vol. 1, no. 1.
  9. ^ a b Brower, Kenneth (1979). The Starship and the Canoe. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. ISBN 978-1-68051-279-3 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ a b 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.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Kenneth_Brower&oldid=1154023819"