Carhart, Arthur Hawthorne, 1892-

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Dates:
Birth 1892
Death 1978
Americans,

Biographical notes:

Author, conservationist, and landscape architect.

From the description of Papers of Arthur H. Carhart, 1916-1959. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233110976

In 1919, Carhart became the first landscape architect for the U.S. Forest Service. Starting in the 1930s, he worked as a free-lance writer of western adventures and books on conservation issues such as water rights, the timber industry, and wildlife management. He also wrote under the names Hart Thorne.

From the description of Arthur Carhart papers, 1892-1979. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 29458930

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Subjects:

  • American literature
  • Authors, American
  • American fiction
  • Conservationists
  • Ecology in literature
  • Forests and forestry
  • Land use
  • Lumber trade
  • Nature in literature
  • Water conservation
  • West (U.S.) in literature
  • Wilderness areas

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Places:

  • Superior National Forest (Minn.) (as recorded)
  • West (U.S.) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Jackson Hole (Wyo.) (as recorded)
  • Iowa (as recorded)
  • Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) (as recorded)
  • Trapper's Lake (Colo.) (as recorded)
  • San Isabel National Forest (Colo.) (as recorded)

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