Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1   Wilderness and the Origins of National Parks

2   Wilderness and the New Agency

3   Wilderness Becomes an Issue for the Park Service

4   Preservation of the Primeval in the Post-Mather Era

5   More Ferment and Expansion

6   From the War to Director Wirth

7   The Drive for a Wilderness Act

8   A Hesitant Start at Implementation

9   Wilderness Reviews Reluctantly Completed

10  Wilderness in Alaska

11  A New Sort of National Park Wilderness

12  Park Wilderness after the Reviews

13  The Work Continues

Epilogue

Notes

Sources

Index