Kenneth Brower is an American

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known for his

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writings. His published works include articles with the

National Geographic Society The National Geographic Society, headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, is one of the largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations in the world. Founded in 1888, its interests include geography, archaeology, natural sc ...

The Atlantic Monthly ''The Atlantic'' is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C. It features articles on politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, culture and the arts, technology, and science. It was founded in 1857 ...

, Smithsonian,

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, and several other

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s. Brower's articles have appeared in

National Geographic ''National Geographic'' (formerly ''The National Geographic Magazine'', sometimes branded as ''Nat Geo'') is an American monthly magazine published by National Geographic Partners. The magazine was founded in 1888 as a scholarly journal, nine ...

, National Geographic Books,

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, National Geographic History & Culture (online) and

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. He has also published articles with

The Atlantic ''The Atlantic'' is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C. It features articles on politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, culture and the arts, technology, and science. It was founded in 185 ...

(Formerly known as ''The Atlantic Monthly''). Brower is the author of several

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s about

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and

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. His

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s include ''The Starship and the Canoe'' () about the

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Freeman Dyson Freeman John Dyson (15 December 1923 – 28 February 2020) was a British-American theoretical physics, theoretical physicist and mathematician known for his works in quantum field theory, astrophysics, random matrix, random matrices, math ...

and his son George Dyson; ''Freeing Keiko: The Journey of a Killer Whale from Free Willy to the Wild'', about the

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, Keiko, made famous by the

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Free Willy ''Free Willy'' is a 1993 American Adventure film, adventure Drama (film and television), drama film, directed by Simon Wincer, produced by Lauren Shuler Donner and Jennie Lew Tugend, written by Keith A. Walker and Corey Blechman from a story by ...

; And his book ''Yosemite: An American Treasure'' is in over 1,200

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libraries. Brower is the oldest son of

David Brower David Ross Brower ( ; July 1, 1912 – November 5, 2000) was a prominent environmentalist and the founder of many environmental organizations, including the John Muir Institute for Environmental Studies (1997), Friends of the Earth (1969), Ear ...

, who was a prominent

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and the

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of many environmental organizations. His first job was working as an

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for the Exhibit Format series, published by

Sierra Club Books Sierra Club Books was the publishing division, for both adults and children, of the Sierra Club, founded in by then club President David Brower. They were a United States publishing company located in San Francisco, California with a concentrat ...

. He also was a contributing author and editor for The Earth's Wild Places series. Brower's career spans decades, this is list of his published works.

Bibliography

Books

The Earth's Wild Places series

Exhibit Format series

All books in this series were published by

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brower, Kenneth 20th-century American male writers American non-fiction environmental writers