Sierra Club president, 1991-1992 : the club, the Legal Defense Fund, and leadership issues, 1984-1993 / Phillip S. Berry ; with an introduction by R. Frederic Fisher ; interviews conducted by Ann Lage in 1993.

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Sierra Club president, 1991-1992 : the club, the Legal Defense Fund, and leadership issues, 1984-1993 / Phillip S. Berry ; with an introduction by R. Frederic Fisher ; interviews conducted by Ann Lage in 1993.

Phillip Berry discusses various legal issues relating to the Sierra Club; financial issues and the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, which in 1998 changed its name to the Earth Justice Legal Defense Fund (cf. Appendix B); Sierra Club litigation; his role as Club President; and his views of Mike McLoskey, Douglas Wheeler, and David Brower.

Transcript: 1 v. (ix, 126 p.) : ill., port. ; 28 cm.

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