Bob Wyss

David Brower did not found the Sierra Club, that was John Muir, but he did build it into the leading environmental organization it became. Brower was not very good at management and administration but he had vision and the drive to make things happen. Another reviewer noted that this book was uneven and hard to read, perhaps that was the uneven trajectory of David Brower's life and career. Robert Wyss recounts Brower's many victories and failures to save wild places including the Grand Canyon which the US Bureau of Reclamation once wanted to flood with a two massive dams.

While Brower was fired as Executive Director of the Sierra Club in 1969 his influence continues today. He was also involved in founding the League of Conservation Voters and Friends of the Earth. A book well worth reading.… (plus d'informations)