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100 1  Franklin, Jonathan,|d1964-|eauthor. 
245 12 A wild idea /|cJonathan Franklin. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York, NY :|bHarperOne, an imprint of 
       HarperCollinsPublishers,|c[2021]. 
264  4 |c©2021 
300    xiv, 353 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
       |billustrations (chiefly color), map ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
336    still image|bsti|2rdacontent 
336    cartographic image|bcri|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Map on lining papers. 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-349). 
520    "In 1991, Doug Tompkins abandoned his comfortable life in 
       San Francisco and flew 6,500 miles south to a shack in 
       Patagonia. Instead of the Golden Gate Bridge, Tompkins 
       stared out the window at Volcano Michinmahuida, blanketed 
       in snow and prowled by mountain lions. Shielded by 
       waterfalls and wilderness, the founder of such 
       groundbreaking companies as Esprit and The North Face 
       suddenly regretted the corporate capitalism from which he 
       had profited from years. As a CEO he had caused much 
       pollution and, 'made things nobody needed.' Now, he 
       declared, it was time to reverse the damage to the planet,
       and maybe even himself. In A Wild Idea, award-winning 
       journalist and bestselling author Jonathan Franklin tells 
       the incredible true story of Douglas Tompkins, who became 
       one of the primary founders of our modern conservation and
       land protection movement. Piloting his small plane, 
       Tompkins explored the uninhabited lands of Patagonia and 
       gaped at the singular beauty: active volcanoes, forests 
       never logged, rivers never dammed— all so undisturbed, so 
       exquisitely designed. Could he protect this wild beauty? 
       For the ensuing quarter century, that dream— that 
       obsession— became his life. Only in death did it become 
       his legacy." --|cDescription provided by publisher. 
600 10 Tompkins, Douglas. 
650  0 Environmentalists|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 Businessmen|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 Environmentalists|xPolitical activity|zChile. 
650  0 Nature conservation|zPatagonia (Argentina and Chile) 
655  7 Biographies.|2lcgft