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Based on his travels to nineteen countries, discussions with the natives of each country, and interviews with Vaclav Havel, Al Gore Jacques Cousteau, and other renowned figures, the author combines adventure and engaging text to document the predicted fate of the human species. Tour.
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Mark Hertsgaard is the author of three previous books, in-cluding <b>On Bended Knee: The Press and the Reagan Presidency</b> and <b>A Day in the Life: The Music and Artistry of the Beatles</b>. He has contributed to the <b>New York Times</b>, <b>The New Yorker</b>, the <b>Atlantic Monthly</b>, <b>Outside</b>, <b>Vanity Fair</b>, the <b>Nation</b>, and numerous other publications at home and abroad. He teaches nonfiction writing at Johns Hopkins University and lives near Washington, D. C.
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us, Mark Hertsgaard has long worried about the declining health of our environment. But in 1991, he decided to act on his concern and investigate the escalating crisis for himself. Traveling on his own dime, he embarked on an odyssey lasting most of the decade and spanning nineteen countries. Now, in <b>Earth Odyssey</b>, he reports on our environmental predicament through the eyes of the people who live it.<br><br>From the gilded boardrooms of Paris to the traffic-clogged streets of Bangkok, we travel from the deep human past to our still unfolding future. Much of the story revolves around people like Zhenbing, Hertsgaard's charismatic interpreter in China, whose desire to escape poverty leaves him indifferent to his country's horrific air and water pollution. We also meet Garang, a proud Dinka tribesman whose response to Sudan's famine shows the difficulty of building an environmentally sustainable future without bridging the gap between rich and poor. Drawing on interviews with Vá
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Hardcover. Reprint. Fourth printing [stated]. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. [10], 372, [2] p. Notes. Index. Author, journalist, broadcaster and public speaker Mark Hertsgaard has published seven books that have been translated into sixteen languages, including, Bravehearts: Whistle Blowing in the Age of Snowden (2016), HOT: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth (2011), Earth Odyssey: Around the World In Search of Our Environmental Future (1999), A Day in the Life: The Music and Artistry of the Beatles (1995), and On Bended Knee: The Press and the Reagan Presidency (1988). As an independent journalist, Hertsgaard has traveled around the world twice, reporting from twenty-five countries and much of the United States about climate change, politics, culture and the environment. Very good in good dust jacket. Signed by author. DJ has some wear and soiling. Artikel-Nr. 71983
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