Lynn W. Day Distinguished Lectureship in Forest and Conservation History
2004
Lecture: "John Muir and the Modern Passion for Nature"
by Dr. Donald Worster
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The lecture was later published as an article, "John Muir and the Modern: Passion for Nature. Environmental History Vol. 10, No. 1 (January 2005): 8-19 pp.
Abstract: Professor Donald Worster, Professor of American History, University
of Kansas, shared his work on John Muir's changing views of the natural
world and the legacy they left for today's environmentalists. The lecture
was held at 4:30 p.m. on 10 November 2004 in White Lecture Hall on the
East Campus of Duke University.
