Katharine Ordway, The Lady Who Saved the Prairies

Katharine Ordway, The Lady Who Saved the Prairies by William D Blair Jr. Published by The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardbound w/Paper DJ. Size 4to. Condition: Nr Fine in Chipped DJ. ISBN 0962459003. LCCN 89-063300. 10 years after her death, Katharine Ordway's monumental contribution to the preservation of natural areas in this country is still one of the best-kept secrets in our history. Because of her passion for privacy, her name scarcely appears in the published record of conservation in America. Yet none of our better-known philanthropists has done more to save the land. This book puts her story on the public record for the first time. It tells how a girl from a prairie state, who grew up on tales of the pioneers voyaging westward in their ''prairie schooners,'' came late in life to build the largest private prairie preserve system in the world, and how she went from there to save endangered wildlife and wild lands from Maine to Hawaii. Photographs by Valerie A Kells. 120 Pgs. Description text copyright 2007 www.BooksForComfort.com. Item ID 13449.