2412X1 First Edition. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York: 1967. 242 pages. Hardcover with dustjacket. Reading copy. Dustjacket is quite worn. Once, not so long ago, vast areas of unspoiled wilderness stretched across Texas. There were miles of rich grasslands and deep woods thick with game. Majestic cliffs towered over brilliantly colored canyonds, and ancient caverns yielded fabulous relics of early man. The wilderness was a lavish and undisturbed Eden. Then came modern man. Now overgrazing has turnd thye grasslands into sand and scrub. Pipelines slash through thickets, their seepage poisoning the vegetation. Gravel and mineral companies rip into the cliffs, reducing legendary mountains to rubble, and highways violate the silent grandeur of the canyons, The wilderness is disappearing at the rate of fifty acres a day. Little remains of these untouched areas, but that little is an infinitely precious part of our American heritage, Justice Douglas's book is a stirring plea for its preservation. These are areas as rich in history and legend as they are in beauty, and, as Douglas tells tales of the past and describes some of his own adventures, readers will share his dismay at the senseless devastation. Here is a book that will challenge not only Texans, but all Americans, to protect the fragile beauty of their land from"modern Ahabs." Includes an Index. $13.95USD
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