Books & Essays

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  Title:
  The High Ozarks: A Vision of Eden
  
  Date Published:
  Ozark Society Foundation 2000

  Description:
  This is a lavishly illustrated, comprehensive view of the Ozarks Mountains and their valleys, rivers and creeks, forests and glades, geologic formations, and pioneer lifeways.
  
  

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  Title:
  The Battle for the Buffalo River: A Twentieth-Century Conservation Crisis in the Ozarks
  
  Date Published:
  University of Arkansas Press 1992

  Description:
  Compton's lively record details the trails, gains, setbacks and ultimate triumph in one of the first major skirmishes between environmentalists and developers. Led by Compton, a physician in Bentonville, Arkansas, a group of area conservationists formed the Ozark Society to join the battle for the Buffalo against the Corps and a pro-dam group called the Buffalo River Improvement Association.
  
  Book Review #1:
  The book is the account of this decade-long struggle that drew in such political figures as Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, Senator J. William Fulbright, Congressman John Paul Hammerschmidt and Governor Orval Faubus and that finally ended in 1972 with President Richard Nixon's designation of the Buffalo as the first national river.?Ozark Society Books
  
  
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  Title:
  The Buffalo River in Black and White: The Photo Story That Won the Fight to Protect America's First National River
  
  Date Published:
  Ozark Society Foundation 1998

  Description:
  This book by the courageous and pro-active Dr. Neil Compton is a must-have for any river lovers or black/white photo buffs. There are approximately 88 photos by John Heuston that portray the gorgeous and pristine Buffalo National River in NW Arkansas. The introduction briefly explains the reasoning behind the compilation of the book. This river was almost dammed in several places until this collection of photos made it apparent that the natural beauty needed to be preserved for posterity.
  
  Book Review #1:
  These wonderfully detailed, beautifully printed photographs are about adventures and discoveries: the Buffalo River and its towering bluffs, side canyons with hidden waterfalls, natural bridges, historic places, and more.
  
  

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