Arthur Carhart, " the first biography of this Republican environmentalist and major American thinker, writer, and activist, reveals the currency of his ideas. Tom Wolf elucidates Carhart's vision of conservation as "a job for all of us, " with citizens, municipal authorities, and national leaders all responsible for the environmental effects of their decisions. Carhart (1892-1978), was America's first champion of wilderness, the first Forest Service landscape architect, and the most popular conservation writer of mid-century America. Because he shifted his stance and changed his views in response to new information, Carhart is not an easy subject for biography. Wolf traces Carhart's twists and turns to show a man who consistently spoke from a passionate love of the land.