| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 38.3

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Book Review

Green Republican: John Saylor and the Preservation of America's Wilderness. By Thomas G. Smith. (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2006. x + 404 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $40.00.)

Although it seems hard to believe now, there was a time when the Republican Party was a strong advocate for environmental protection. While President Teddy Roosevelt was perhaps the chief exemplar of a conservative conservationist, the GOP continued to support environmental legislation as recently as the Nixon administration. One of the last vocal pro-environmental Republicans was Congressman John Saylor, who represented Pennsylvania's west-central 22nd District from 1949 to 1973. In many ways Saylor was an odd political fit for his district. While Republicans held a nominal political edge in the district, the chief industry was coal-mining with a sizable pro-union, pro-Democrat workforce. From the beginning of his political career, however, Saylor served as a strong champion for the coal industry, which earned him the continued support of organized labor.

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