Contents // Foreword by Char Miller vii // Preface to the Fifth Edition: Fifty Years in the Wilderness xvii // Prologue: The Condition of Wilderness i // i. Old World Roots of Opinion 8 // 2. A Wilderness Condition 23 // 3. The Romantic Wilderness 44 // 4. The American Wilderness 67 // 5. Henry David Thoreau: Philosopher 84 // 6. Preserve the Wilderness! 96 // 7. Wilderness Preserved 108 // 8. John Muir: Publicizer 122 // 9. The Wilderness Cult 141 // i o. Hetch Hetchy 161 // 11. Aldo Leopold: Prophet 182 // 1 2. Decisions for Permanence 200 // 1 3. Toward a Philosophy of Wilderness 238 // 14. Alaska 272 // 15. The Irony of Victory 316 // 16. The International Perspective 342 // Epilogue to the Fifth Edition: Island Civilization 379 // Bibliography 387 // Index 393