Books by Alston Chase and Complete Book Reviews
Alston Chase, Author . Norton $26.95 (352p) ISBN 978-0-393-02002-1
Chase adds an important element to our understanding of the infamous Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski. Part of what made Kaczynski an iconic figure after his arrest in 1996 for 16 mail bombings (resulting in three deaths) between 1978 and 1995 was his...
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Alston Chase, Author Atlantic Monthly Press $24.95 (446p) ISBN 978-0-87113-025-9
Beavers have disappeared; their prime food, aspen and willow, have drastically declined. Cougars, bobcats and wolves are no longer here, victims of predator control from earlier times. Deer, moose and bighorn sheep are scarce; black bears are seldom
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Alston Chase, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $29.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-395-60837-1
The fight to save old-growth forests and threatened species in the Pacific Northwest has been the biggest environmental conflict in U.S.history in terms of area size, economic cost and the number of human beings affected. Chase (Playing God in...
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Alston Chase, Author, Chase, Author Mariner Books $33.95 (480p) ISBN 978-0-15-672036-6
The head of an education program at Yellowstone, Chase charges that the overriding priority of the national park's staff is the safety of the visitors and that current wildlife management stresses an ""intact ecosystem,'' meaning that diseased...
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