Wilderness in national parks: playground or preserve

Introduction

Wilderness and the origins of National Parks

Wilderness and the new agency

Wilderness becomes an issue for the Park Service

Preservation of the primeval in the Post-Mather Era

More ferment and expansion

From the war to Director Wirth

The drive for a wilderness act

A hesitant start at implementation

Wilderness reviews reluctantly completed

Wilderness in Alaska

A new sort of National Park wilderness

Park wilderness after the reviews

The work continues

Epilogue.

Introduction

Wilderness and the origins of National Parks

Wilderness and the new agency

Wilderness becomes an issue for the Park Service

Preservation of the primeval in the Post-Mather Era

More ferment and expansion

From the war to Director Wirth

The drive for a wilderness act

A hesitant start at implementation

Wilderness reviews reluctantly completed

Wilderness in Alaska

A new sort of National Park wilderness

Park wilderness after the reviews

The work continues

Epilogue.