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The Man from Clear Lake
Earth Day Founder Senator Gaylord Nelson
Bill Christofferson
“His story is an inspiration.”—Al Gore
Winner of the 2007 Elizabeth A.
Steinberg Prize awarded by the University of Wisconsin Press
for the regional book that has brought the most distinction to
the UW Press.
On Earth Day 1970 twenty million Americans displayed their commitment
to a clean environment.
It was called the largest demonstration in human
history, and it permanently changed the nation’s political agenda. More than one billion people now participate in annual Earth Day activities.
The seemingly simple idea—a day set aside to focus on protecting our natural environment—was the brainchild of U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin. It accomplished, far beyond his expectations, his lifelong goal of putting the environment onto the nation’s and the world’s political agendas.
The life of Nelson, a small-town boy who learned his values and progressive political principles at an early age, is woven through the political history of the twentieth century. Nelson’s story intersects at times with Fighting Bob
La Follette, Joe McCarthy, and Bill Proxmire in Wisconsin, and with George McGovern, Lyndon Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, Russell Long, Walter Mondale, John F. Kennedy, and others on the national scene.
“Gaylord Nelson, the creative author of Earth Day, is the leading figure in American environmentalism. His prophetic opposition to the American war in Vietnam makes him a foreign policy statesman of the highest rank. During long years in the U.S. House and Senate I came to know many good men and women—and a few great ones. Gaylord is one of the great ones, as this brilliant, well researched biography makes clear.”—George McGovern
“This beautifully written biography reveals a man of great diligence, who
possessed the ability to mobilize citizens, senators and presidents to make a stand for ‘an environment of decency, quality and mutual respect for all living
creatures.’”—E Magazine
"A fun book to read-filled with fascinating
stories of politics in the twentieth century. We yearn for more
political leaders like Gaylord who always voted his conscience
and led with integrity and humor."
—Bill Meadows, president,
The Wilderness Society
 Bill Christofferson, a former journalist and longtime Wisconsin political
consultant, now retired, lives in Milwaukee.
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March 2004
LC: 2003020570 E
416 pp. 6 x 9 29 b/w photos
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Cloth $30.00 t
ISBN 978-0-299-19640-0 |
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"Gaylord Nelson was one of the great
public servants of the post-World War II era. This illuminating
book is a priceless account of his life and accomplishments."
—Tom
Brokaw
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