{"product_id":"in-wildness-is-the-preservation-of-the-world-9781934429730","title":"In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\"Photography is a strong tool  a propaganda device  and a weapon for the defense of the environment...and therefore for the fostering of a healthy human race and even very likely for its survival.\"\" Eliot Porter  1962  Celebrating the 50-year anniversary of the first publication of \"\"In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World\"\" by Eliot Porter  AMMO Books is honored to present a newly restored version of one of photographys most beloved and bestselling titles.  In 1962  photographer Eliot Porter and the Sierra Club founder  David Brower  published this bestselling  and now long-out-of-print  classic monograph that has often been referred to as \"\"the very first coffee table book\"\" ever published.  Porter masterfully created and paired his color photographs of the New England woods with passages by writer Henry David Thoreau. Both Porter and Thoreaualthough they lived a century apartconstantly worked to preserve Nature and protect it from manmade interference. The finished \"\"collaboration\"\" arrived in an era when environmental causes were not in the public consciousness  and yet the book became an overnight publishing success that lasted many decades with multiple print runs and and formats.  This AMMO Books edition features refined classic typography in the spirit of the original hardcover first edition  with stunning photo reproductions on recycled-content  fine paper stock. Along with a cloth cover with foil debossing  the book stays true to the original intentions and themes of that first edition  including all 73 brilliant color images lovingly restored for todays printing technology.  AMMO Books proudly releases the singular book that celebrates and rediscovers the intricacies and undeniable beauty of mans relationship to the magnificent outdoorsa sentiment that has only grown more relevant in the 50 years since \"\"In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World\"\" was first published.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45280041369653,"sku":"ByrdShop_1934429732","price":97.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781934429730.jpg?v=1780617979","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/in-wildness-is-the-preservation-of-the-world-9781934429730","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}