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'''Mark Hertsgaard''' is an American journalist. His best-known work is ''On Bended Knee: The Press and the Reagan Presidency'' (1988), which described the way the [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]] White House "deployed raw power and conventional wisdom to intimidate Washington's television newsrooms".<ref name=hun>[http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/01/17/reviews/990117.17schneit.html A Dirty Shame]</ref> |
'''Mark Hertsgaard''' is an American journalist. His best-known work is ''On Bended Knee: The Press and the Reagan Presidency'' (1988), which described the way the [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]] White House "deployed raw power and conventional wisdom to intimidate Washington's television newsrooms".<ref name=hun>[http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/01/17/reviews/990117.17schneit.html A Dirty Shame]</ref> |
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In the 1990s, Hertsgaard's attention turned to the ecological fate of the earth. He embarked upon a seven-year global tour to investigate the issue of environmental degradation. The journey spanned four continents, 19 countries and hundreds of interviews.<ref name=hun/> The published result was a wide-ranging book called ''Earth Odyssey: Around the World in Search of Our Environmental Future'', which was reviewed in the ''[[New York Times Book Review]]'' and ''[[Time magazine]]''.<ref>[http://www3.grist.org/advice/books/1999/04/23/face/ Putting a Human Face on Environmental Problems]</ref> |
In the 1990s, Hertsgaard's attention turned to the ecological fate of the earth. He embarked upon a seven-year global tour to investigate the issue of environmental degradation. The journey spanned four continents, 19 countries and hundreds of interviews.<ref name=hun/> The published result was a wide-ranging book called ''Earth Odyssey: Around the World in Search of Our Environmental Future'' (1999) ISBN 978-0767900591, which was reviewed in the ''[[New York Times Book Review]]'' and ''[[Time magazine]]''.<ref>[http://www3.grist.org/advice/books/1999/04/23/face/ Putting a Human Face on Environmental Problems]</ref> |
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Hertsgaard's newest book is about [[Adaptation to global warming|climate change adaptation]], published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, titled ''Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth'' (2011) ISBN 9780618826124.<ref>[http://www.markhertsgaard.com/ Hertsgaard's website]</ref><ref>[http://www.thenation.com/directory/bios/mark_hertsgaard/ Hertsgaard's author bio on The Nation]</ref> |
Hertsgaard's newest book is about [[Adaptation to global warming|climate change adaptation]], published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, titled ''Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth'' (2011) ISBN 9780618826124.<ref>[http://www.markhertsgaard.com/ Hertsgaard's website]</ref><ref>[http://www.thenation.com/directory/bios/mark_hertsgaard/ Hertsgaard's author bio on The Nation]</ref> |
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Revision as of 02:37, 27 August 2011
Mark Hertsgaard is an American journalist. His best-known work is On Bended Knee: The Press and the Reagan Presidency (1988), which described the way the Reagan White House "deployed raw power and conventional wisdom to intimidate Washington's television newsrooms".[1]
In the 1990s, Hertsgaard's attention turned to the ecological fate of the earth. He embarked upon a seven-year global tour to investigate the issue of environmental degradation. The journey spanned four continents, 19 countries and hundreds of interviews.[1] The published result was a wide-ranging book called Earth Odyssey: Around the World in Search of Our Environmental Future (1999) ISBN 978-0767900591, which was reviewed in the New York Times Book Review and Time magazine.[2]
Hertsgaard's newest book is about climate change adaptation, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, titled Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth (2011) ISBN 9780618826124.[3][4]