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Kenneth Brower is an American writer known for his natural environment writings. His published works include articles with the National Geographic Society,[1] The Atlantic Monthly,[2] Smithsonian,[3] Audubon,[4] and several other periodicals.

Brower's articles have appeared in National Geographic,[5] National Geographic Books,[1] National Geographic Traveler,[6] National Geographic History & Culture (online)[7] and National Geographic Adventure.[8] He has also published articles with The Atlantic (Formerly known as The Atlantic Monthly).[2]

Brower is the author of several books about environmental issues and natural history. His publications include The Starship and the Canoe (1978) about the physicist Freeman Dyson and his son George Dyson;[9] Freeing Keiko: The Journey of a Killer Whale from Free Willy to the Wild, about the Orca, Keiko, made famous by the motion picture Free Willy;[10] And his book Yosemite: An American Treasure[1] is in over 1,200 WorldCat libraries.[11]

Brower is the oldest son of David Brower, who was a prominent environmentalist and the founder of many environmental organizations. His first job was working as an editor for the Exhibit Format series, published by Sierra Club Books. He also was a contributing author and editor for The Earth's Wild Places series.[12][13]

Brower's career spans decades, this is list of his published works.

Bibliography

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Keiko, an Orca, starred in the film Free Willy and subject of Brower's book Freeing Keiko: The Journey of a Killer Whale from Free Willy to the Wild
A Southern Right Whale and one of many Marine mammals featured in Brower's book Wake of the Whale
Yosemite National Park and the subject of Brower's book Yosemite: An American Treasure

Books

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Books
Title Year Publisher Ref.
With Their Islands Around Them 1974 Holt, Rinehart and Winston [14]
The Starship and the Canoe 1978 Holt, Rinehart and Winston [9]
A Song for Satawal 1983 Harper & Roe [15]
Yosemite: An American Treasure 1990 National Geographic Society [1]
One Earth: Photographed by More Than 80 of the World's Best Photojournalists 1990 Collins Publishers [16]
Realms of the Sea 1991 National Geographic Society [17]
American Legacy: Our National Forests 1997 National Geographic Society [18]
The Winemaker's Marsh: Four Seasons in a Restored Wetland 2001
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Freeing Keiko: The Journey of a Killer Whale from Free Willy to the Wild 2005 Gotham Books [10]
The Wildness Within: Remembering David Brower 2012 Heyday Books [20]
Hetch Hetchy: Undoing a Great American Mistake 2013 Heyday Books [21]
Curtsinger: Reflections on the Life and Adventures of Photographer Bill Curtsinger 2021 Peregrine Press [22]

The Earth's Wild Places series

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series
Title Year Author Co-author Editor Ref.
Maui: The Last Hawaiian Place 1970
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Earth and the Great Weather: the Brooks Range 1971
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The Primal Alliance: Earth and Ocean 1971
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Guale, the Golden Coast of Georgia 1974
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Micronesia: Island Wilderness 1975
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Wake of the Whale 1979
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Micronesia, the Land, the People, and the Sea 1981
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Exhibit Format series

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All books in this series were published by Sierra Club Books

series
Title Year Co-author Editor Ref.
Not Man Apart: Photographs of the Big Sur Coast 1964
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Everest, the West Ridge 1965
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Navajo Wildlands: As Long as the Rivers Shall Run 1967
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Kauai and the Park Country of Hawaii 1967
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Baja California and the Geography of Hope 1967
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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Brower, Kenneth (January 25, 2016). "What's in a name at Yosemite". National Geographic History & Culture. Yosemite. Archived from the original on March 22, 2021. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Brower, Kenneth (November 2022). "Brave Thinkers (2011)". The Atlantic.  – via The Atlantic (subscription required)
  3. ^ Brower, Kenneth (February 2002). "The Artful Dodger". Smithsonian. American West.
  4. ^ Brower, Kenneth (March 2004). "Barn Owl" (PDF). Audubon. California: National Audubon Society – via fresnowildlife.org.
  5. ^ Brower, Kenneth (March 2009). "Still Blue". National Geographic. Vol. 215, no. 3. pp. 134–153. – via National Geographic archive (subscription required)
  6. ^ Brower, Kenneth (1985). "The Big Island: Hawaii in Essence". National Geographic Traveler. Vol. 2, no. 3. p. 30.
  7. ^ Brower, Kenneth (December 1, 2014). "Appreciation: Lessons From the Man Who Stopped Grand Canyon Dams". National Geographic History & Culture. Grand Canyon. Archived from the original on March 9, 2021. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  8. ^ Brower, Kenneth (1999). "Getting Lost on the West Coast". National Geographic Adventure. Vol. 1, no. 1.
  9. ^ a b Brower, Kenneth (1979). The Starship and the Canoe. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. ISBN 978-1-68051-279-3 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ a b Brower, Kenneth (2005). Freeing Keiko: The Journey of a Killer Whale from Free Willy to the Wild. Gotham Books. ISBN 978-1-59240-1-475 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ Kenneth Brower in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
  12. ^ Hayden, Laura (June 21, 2012). "Q&A: Kenneth Brower Remembers His Father". Sierra Club. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  13. ^ "Kenneth Brower". The Writers Directory, St. James Press, Gale. 2018. Retrieved November 26, 2022.
  14. ^ Brower, Kenneth (1974). With Their Islands Around Them. The Earth's wild places. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. ISBN 978-0-03-013121-9 – via Google Books.
  15. ^ Brower, Kenneth (1983). A Song for Satawal. Harper & Roe. ISBN 978-0-06-015093-8 – via Google Books.
  16. ^ One Earth: Photographed by More Than 80 of the World's Leading Photojournalists. Collins Publishers. 1990. ISBN 978-0-00-637660-6 – via Google Books.
  17. ^ Brower, Kenneth (1991). Realms of the Sea. National Geographic Society. ISBN 978-0-87044-856-0 – via Google Books.
  18. ^ Brower, Kenneth (1997). American Legacy: Our National Forests. National Geographic Society. ISBN 978-0-7922-4230-7 – via Google Books.
  19. ^ Brower, Kenneth (2001). The Winemaker's Marsh: Four Seasons in a Restored Wetland. Sierra Club Books;Random House. ISBN 1-57805-058-8 – via Google Books.
  20. ^ Brower, Kenneth (2012). The Wildness Within: Remembering David Brower. Heyday Books. ISBN 978-1-59714-186-4 – via Google Books.
  21. ^ Brower, Kenneth (2012). Hetch Hetchy: Undoing a Great American Mistake. Heyday Books. ISBN 978-1-59714-228-1 – via Google Books.
  22. ^ Brower, Kenneth (2021). Curtsinger: Reflections on the Life and Adventures of Photographer Bill Curtsinger. Peregrine Press. ISBN 978-0-98835-5-088 – via Google Books.
  23. ^ Brower, Kenneth; Wenkam, Robert (1979). Brower, Kenneth (ed.). Maui: The Last Hawaiian Place. The Earth's wild places. Friends of the Earth. ISBN 978-0-91389-004-2 – via Google Books.
  24. ^ Brower, Kenneth (1971). Earth and the Great Weather: the Brooks Range. The Earth's wild places. Friends of the Earth. ISBN 978-0-84150-101-0 – via Google Books.
  25. ^ Hay, John (1971). Brower, Kenneth (ed.). The Primal Alliance: Earth and Ocean. The Earth's wild places. Friends of the Earth. ISBN 978-0-84150-102-7 – via Google Books.
  26. ^ Hanie, Robert (1974). Brower, Kenneth (ed.). Wake of the Whale. Guale, the Golden Coast of Georgia. Friends of the Earth,E. P. Dutton. ISBN 978-0-91389-002-8.
  27. ^ Brower, Kenneth; Wenkam, Robert (1975). Brower, Kenneth (ed.). Maui: The Last Hawaiian Place, Friends of the Earth. The Earth's wild places. Friends of the Earth. ISBN 978-0-91389-013-4 – via Google Books.
  28. ^ Brower, Kenneth (1979). Wake of the Whale. The Earth's wild places. Friends of the Earth, E. P. Dutton. ISBN 978-0-52522-950-6 – via Google Books.
  29. ^ Brower, Kenneth (1981). Micronesia, the Land, the People, and the Sea. Louisiana State Press. ISBN 978-0-8071-0992-2 – via Google Books.
  30. ^ Jeffers, Robinson (1964). Brower, Kenneth (ed.). Not Man Apart: Photographs of the Big Sur Coast. Sierra Club Exhibit Format Series. Sierra Club Books. ISBN 978-0-88486-005-1.
  31. ^ Hornbein, Thomas F.; Dyhrenfurth, Norman G.; Brower, David (2013). Brower, Kenneth (ed.). Everest, the West Ridge. Sierra Club Exhibit Format Series. Sierra Club Books. ISBN 978-1-59485-707-2.
  32. ^ Jett, Jett (1967). Brower, Kenneth (ed.). Navajo Wildlands: As Long as the Rivers Shall Run. Sierra Club Exhibit Format Series. Illustrated by Hornbein, Hornbein. Sierra Club Books.
  33. ^ Wenkam, Robert; Brower, Kenneth (1967). Brower, Kenneth (ed.). Kauai and the Park Country of Hawaii. Sierra Club Exhibit Format Series. Sierra Club Books.
  34. ^ Krutch, Joseph Wood (1967). Brower, Kenneth (ed.). Baja California and the Geography of Hope. Sierra Club Exhibit Format Series. Illustrated by Eliot Porter. Sierra Club Books.
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