In this fascinating follow-up to his New York Times bestseller Wilderness Warrior, acclaimed historian Douglas Brinkley offers a riveting, expansive look at the past and present battle to preserve Alaskaâs wilderness. Brinkley explores the colorful diversity of Alaskaâs wildlife, arrays the forces that have wreaked havoc on its primeval arctic refugeâfrom Klondike Gold Rush prospectors to environmental disasters like the Exxon-Valdez oil spillâand documents environmental heroes from Theodore Roosevelt to Dwight Eisenhower and beyond. Not merely a record of Alaskaâs past, Quiet World is a compelling call-to-arms for sustainability, conservationism, and conscientious environmental stewardshipâa warning that the land once called Sewardâs Folly may go down in history as Americaâs Greatest Mistake.