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A leading environmental journalist “assesses the<br />
world-reshaping intersections of wildness, tradition,<br />
and modernity” (National Geographic)<br />
the RAGGED EDGE<br />
of the WORLD<br />
Encounters at the Frontier<br />
Where Modernity, Wildlands and<br />
suGGesteD oRDeR<br />
Indigenous Peoples Meet<br />
EUGENE LINDEN<br />
Author of The Parrot’s Lament<br />
978-0-452-29774-6 • U.S. 16.00 / $18.50 CAN.<br />
Current Affairs / Environment<br />
5 5/16” x 8” • 272 pages<br />
1 b/w photo<br />
Rights: W00<br />
Pub History: Viking HC, 978-0-670-02251-9<br />
Also available as an e-book<br />
On Sale: 3/27/12<br />
■■eugene linden wrote about global environmental<br />
issues for Time, and has contributed to The <strong>New</strong> <strong>York</strong><br />
<strong>Times</strong>, National Geographic, The Wall Street Journal, The<br />
Atlantic, and Fortune, among others<br />
■■He was the recipient of the 2007 Grantham Prize<br />
special award of merit for Winds of Change<br />
eugene linden<br />
the Ragged edge of the World<br />
encounters at the frontier Where modernity,<br />
Wildlands and indigenous Peoples meet<br />
a species nearing extinction, a tribe losing centuries of knowledge, a tract<br />
of forest facing the first incursion of humans—for forty years, environmental<br />
journalist and author eugene linden has traveled to the very sites where<br />
tradition, wildlands, and the various forces of modernity collide. an incredibly<br />
privileged account of traveling from pygmy forests to the antarctic to the<br />
world’s most pristine rain forest in the congo, The Ragged Edge of the World<br />
tells the story of the harm—and the successful preservation efforts—occurring<br />
in the world’s last wild places. Readers of jared Diamond’s Collapse and anyone<br />
interested in our global future will be captivated and moved by linden’s journey.<br />
“From Borneo to sub-Saharan Africa, globalism is dramatically<br />
affecting people and cultures—as shown in these firsthand accounts by<br />
a veteran environmental journalist.”<br />
—Oprah.com (18 Books to Watch)<br />
■■National Publicity<br />
■■Online Reviews and Features<br />
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a P R i l • P l u m e<br />
Photo © Marion Ettlinger<br />
eugene linden is the author of seven books. He lives in Washington, D.c.
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