22 THE “AUD U BON 5B Use ae 
BOOK REVIEWS 
OUR SYNTHETIC ENVIRONMENT, by Lewis Herber. Introduction by 
William A. Albrecht, Professor Emeritus of Soils, University of Missouri. 
Published 1962 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., and distributed by Random 
House, Inc., 33 West 60 Street, New York 23, N.Y., xvili plus 245 pages, 
appendices, and notes. $4.95. 
Those who have read Silent Spring by Rachel Carson should also digest 
Herber’s well-documented portayal of the hazards of synthetics in our 
new, increasingly artificial world. Topics he covers include insecticides, 
antibiotics in stock food, estrogens in beauty creams, air pollution, test- 
tube food flavors and colors, radioactive debris, and many other insidious 
poisons, allergens, and carcinogens. His strong, simple logic also analyzes 
such problems as the effect of industrial, agricultural, and social regimenta- 
tion on human health and ecology. He is no faddist — “As man can no 
more live without science and technology than he can live without nature,” 
he asserts, “the problem we face is to bring our synthetic and natural 
environments into balance.’ Also: “We are now learning that the more 
man works against nature, the more deeply entangled he becomes in the 
very forces he seeks to master.” 
Vernon D. Hagelin, Deere & Co., 3300 River Drive, Moline, Ill. 
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CRUSADE FOR WILDLIFE, by James B. Trefethen. Stackpole Publishing 
Co., Harrisburg, Penna. 1961. 377 pages. $7.50. 
In this volume tribute is paid to the early members of the Boone 
and Crockett Club and the vital work which they accomplished in saving 
our large game and several of our national parks. It was at a dinner party 
in 1887 that Theodore Roosevelt first suggested the formation of a select 
group of 100 sportsmen who would tackle the serious problems facing public 
land and big game. Because of their vigor, wealth, and influence, these men 
launched successful campaigns to protect the buffalo, the elk, and the 
antelope. Their members were instrumental in establishing Glacier National 
Park and Mount McKinley National Park. They included such giants of 
the conservation movement as Charles Sheldon, William T. Hornaday, 
Stephen Mather, and Gifford Pinchot. 
Happily, the author pays deserved tribute to George Bird Grinnell, 
director fer 26 years of the National Audubon Society, a founder of the 
National Parks Association, and the founder of the first state Audubon 
Society in America. His name deserves to be better known, for his ac- 
complishments were enormous. 
Raymond Mostek, 615 Rochdale Circle, Lombard, Ill. 
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