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Shannon
Shannon is on page 112 of 240
Sure did take me like 5 heavily interrupted and distracted hours to read one chapter when I thought maybe I'd move on in half an hour
— Jul 10, 2022 02:52PM
First Along the River: A Brief History of the U.S. Environmental Movement

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Shannon
Shannon is on page 191 of 240
He quoted my beloved E. O. Wilson in the conclusion so I don't hate the book anymore 🥰🥰🥰
— Jul 27, 2022 07:47PM
First Along the River: A Brief History of the U.S. Environmental Movement


Shannon
Shannon is on page 177 of 240
Uhhh I did NOT know that Michael Crichton, famed science FICTION author who penned Jurassic Park, was dismissive of global warming, visited Bush in the White House and "misrepresented his scientific work & had done so in testimony before Congress... even though he was not a Climate expert... 'propagating false information to the public'"

I'm !! Gunna !! Scream !!
— Jul 27, 2022 07:12PM
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Shannon
Shannon is on page 170 of 240
— Jul 27, 2022 02:00PM
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Shannon
Shannon is on page 146 of 240
Will this book ever end? The world may never know
— Jul 24, 2022 07:39PM
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Shannon
Shannon is on page 123 of 240
🙃🙃 Annabelle just 🙃🙃 dipped the book 🙃🙃 in her kiddy pool 🙃🙃

🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃
— Jul 10, 2022 03:59PM
First Along the River: A Brief History of the U.S. Environmental Movement


Shannon
Shannon is on page 94 of 240
— Jul 09, 2022 03:23PM
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Shannon
Shannon is on page 78 of 240
Big shout out to Annabelle who was very determined to wildly annotate this book for me tonight
— May 01, 2022 06:07PM
First Along the River: A Brief History of the U.S. Environmental Movement


Shannon
Shannon is on page 58 of 240
"Humanity 'power to transform the natural world should entail a commensurate sense of responsibility. That it did not, he warned, constituted one of the gravest threats to the welfare, indeed the survival, of civilization.'" Qtd, George Perkins Marsh
— Mar 31, 2022 07:21PM
First Along the River: A Brief History of the U.S. Environmental Movement


Shannon
Shannon is on page 42 of 240
Very surprised to learn that Dandelions are not native to North America

Also I have to get some Thoreau and Emerson under my belt
— Mar 28, 2022 08:05AM
First Along the River: A Brief History of the U.S. Environmental Movement


Shannon
Shannon is on page 28 of 240
Recomitting to this book bc I'm recommitting to reading some nonfiction this year.

Have I been carrying this around with me for over a month? Yes. Irrelevant though bc I've finally opened it again
— Mar 27, 2022 06:19PM
First Along the River: A Brief History of the U.S. Environmental Movement


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