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Title: Two in the Far North by Margaret E. Murie, Terry Tempest Williams ISBN: 0-88240-489-X Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books Pub. Date: June, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: "My sense of wilderness is personal" - Margaret E. Murie
Comment: Mardy Murie is often referred to as "The Grandmother of American Conservation" and "The Grand Dame of the American Conservation movement, but somehow after reading her story, these titles barely seem adequate to describe such an incredible and personal woman. While we may liken Murie to women like Rachel Carson or Anna Botsford Comstock, Murie's journey is singular. We follow her from her childhood in Wyoming to graduation at the University of Alaska, through love, into the far reaches of the Alaskan North.
Murie successfully bridges the personal and the political, her own life and her life's work, her love for one man and her love for their work together. You will laugh with her, you will cry with her, feel scared for her, and come to love her. She will become your hero.
We must recognize Murie as an American treasure, but we must also recognize that Murie's inspiration is perhaps more important now than it ever was. The most obvious reason for this statement is the continuing struggle to preserve the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from growing oil interests. We must also recognize, however, that Murie could be the inspiration for the young generation of leaders in conservation-- a group of leaders that undoubtedly must include women. That there are very so few women leaders in conservation has caused the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women to recognize the struggle of women in their efforts to achieve leadership positions in the conservation movement. Other organizations such as the World Wildlife Fund, the Sierra Club, and the National Wildlife Federation have launched campaigns to attract more women into leadership roles. The lack of women in environmental leadership reflects America's view of rugged individualism in our collective imagination...nowhere has this myth been more prominent than in the discussion of America's last frontier-- a very personal discussion for Ms. Murie.
Not only is Margaret E. Murie a woman in the conservation movement, but she is an American treasure with a very personal and very political story to tell. Even as she approaches her 101st birthday in August, she continues to speak out for Alaska's lands, peoples, and wildlife. Her story is not one of fame, comfort, or glory, but it is her American story. Mardy Murie will become your hero, your inspiration and your friend. Take the journey with her.
Rating: 5
Summary: "And I see them dancing....."
Comment: I, first, heard of Mardy Murie and her husband, Olaus, while watching John Denver's The Wildlife Concert. He wrote A Song For All Lovers for their deep and abiding love for each other and for the state of Alaska. The song's beauty gave rise to my curiousity. And, recently, while watching a documentary of Mardy's life, I became determined to read this book about her life.
This book is a must have. Mrs. Murie paints with words, a picture so vivid of Alaska's tundras and plains, that I felt as if I were part of it. The lifestyle was hard, but satisfying, and this woman's life was nothing short of fascinating. Mardy Murie is a living testament to the strength and beauty of women, and she leaves a shining example of what a woman can do. In her assistance in Olaus' work for the ANWR and other Alaskan Land Conservancies, to her carrying on of that work, she is a beacon to us all of what we can do.
Buy it...read it. You will fall in love with Alaska and with Mardy.
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Title: Arctic Dance: The Mardy Murie Story by Charles Craighead, Bonnie Kreps ISBN: 1558686002 Publisher: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co. Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Midnight Wilderness: Journeys in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by Debbie S. Miller, Margaret Murie ISBN: 0882405179 Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: A Naturalist in Alaska by Adolph Murie, Olaus J. Murie ISBN: 0816511683 Publisher: University of Arizona Press Pub. Date: April, 1990 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Coming into the Country by John McPhee ISBN: 0374522871 Publisher: Noonday Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1991 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: A Naturalist's Guide to the Arctic by E.C.. Pielou ISBN: 0226668142 Publisher: University of Chicago Press (Trd) Pub. Date: November, 1994 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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