Kenneth Brower

Kenneth Brower
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Kenneth Brower in 2012
Kenneth Brower c. 2012
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Kenneth Brower is an American writer known for his natural environment writings. His published works include articles with the National Geographic Society,[1] The Atlantic Monthly,[2] Smithsonian,[3] Audubon,[4] and several other periodicals.

Brower's articles have appeared in National Geographic,[5] National Geographic Books,[1] National Geographic Traveler,[6] National Geographic History & Culture (online)[7] and National Geographic Adventure.[8] He has also published articles with The Atlantic (Formerly known as The Atlantic Monthly).[2]

Brower is the author of several books about environmental issues and natural history. His publications include The Starship and the Canoe (1978) about the physicist Freeman Dyson and his son George Dyson;[9] Freeing Keiko: The Journey of a Killer Whale from Free Willy to the Wild, about the Orca, Keiko, made famous by the motion picture Free Willy;[10] And his book Yosemite: An American Treasure[1] is in over 1,200 WorldCat libraries.[11]

Brower is the oldest son of David Brower, who was a prominent environmentalist and the founder of many environmental organizations. His first job was working as an editor for the Exhibit Format series, published by Sierra Club Books. He also was a contributing author and editor for The Earth's Wild Places series.[12][13]

Brower's career spans decades, this is list of his published works.

  1. ^ a b c Brower, Kenneth (January 25, 2016). "What's in a name at Yosemite". National Geographic History & Culture. Yosemite. Archived from the original on March 22, 2021. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Brower, Kenneth (November 2022). "Brave Thinkers (2011)". The Atlantic.  – via The Atlantic (subscription required)
  3. ^ Brower, Kenneth (February 2002). "The Artful Dodger". Smithsonian. American West.
  4. ^ Brower, Kenneth (March 2004). "Barn Owl" (PDF). Audubon. California: National Audubon Society – via fresnowildlife.org.
  5. ^ Brower, Kenneth (March 2009). "Still Blue". National Geographic. Vol. 215, no. 3. pp. 134–153. – via National Geographic archive (subscription required)
  6. ^ Brower, Kenneth (1985). "The Big Island: Hawaii in Essence". National Geographic Traveler. Vol. 2, no. 3. p. 30.
  7. ^ Brower, Kenneth (December 1, 2014). "Appreciation: Lessons From the Man Who Stopped Grand Canyon Dams". National Geographic History & Culture. Grand Canyon. Archived from the original on March 9, 2021. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  8. ^ Brower, Kenneth (1999). "Getting Lost on the West Coast". National Geographic Adventure. Vol. 1, no. 1.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference canoe was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference willy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ Kenneth Brower in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
  12. ^ Hayden, Laura (June 21, 2012). "Q&A: Kenneth Brower Remembers His Father". Sierra Club. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  13. ^ "Kenneth Brower". The Writers Directory, St. James Press, Gale. 2018. Retrieved November 26, 2022.