A 1963 copyright second printing December, 1963 book with an Introduction by President John F. Kennedy. Udall explained, "America today stands poised on a pinnacle of wealth and power, yet we live in a land of vanishing beauty, of increasing ugliness, of shrinking open space, and of an over-all environment that is diminished daily by pollution and noise and blight. This, in brief, is the quiet Conservation crisis of the 1960's. This is a classic book#nature#outdoors#nonfiction#hardcover#firstedition#Conservation#politics#collectible#vintage