| Book Review | Environmental History, 11.1

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Book Review

The Battle for Alabama's Wilderness: Saving the Great Gymnasiums of Nature. By John N. Randolph. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2005. xi + 263 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, index. $26.95.

The work described in John N. Randolph's The Battle for Alabama's Wilderness: Saving the Great Gymnasiums of Nature is rooted in fundamental questions familiar to those who contemplate the value of wilderness: What is wilderness? An idea? A place? How is wilderness defined, and by whom? What may be less well known to some—especially to those who associate wilderness with western landscapes—is how these questions have been answered throughout the history of the wilderness preservation movement in the eastern United States. Randolph's book offers one such account, detailing the events that led to the establishment of three wilderness areas in Alabama. Specifically, he chronicles the creation and later expansion of the Sipsey Wilderness Area in the Bankhead National Forest and the designation of the Cheaha and Dugger Mountain Wilderness areas in the Talledega National Forest. Randolph played a prominent role in the grassroots campaigns that resulted in the designation of these wilderness areas.

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