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It was not until the turn-of-the-century Administration of outdoor-loving Teddy Roosevelt that the country got into preservation in a big way. Influenced early in life by Muir and later by Gifford Pinchot, McKinley's chief forester, Roosevelt began by pressing for water conservation in the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Land: The Flight from Folly | 9/17/1965 | See Source »

Cunning as well as courageous, the stallions kept plenty of grass between manada and man, but during the 1850s the mustangers multiplied, and the odds in favor of the animals were disastrously reduced, Some were roped, some stampeded into pens, some "walked down" by patient riders who followed the herd...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Power of the Prairies | 7/2/1965 | See Source »

There are several lively thrillers this spring, most already destined for the movies. Among the most beguiling are The French Doll, by Vincent O'Connor, which has a CIA hero and a racy Paris setting; The Interrogators, by Allan Prior, in which two doughty Scotland Yard men are hampered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: May 28, 1965 | 5/28/1965 | See Source »

This spring augurs better for mystery lovers than for followers of serious fiction. Among the most beguiling on the sleuth are The French Doll, by Vincent O'Connor, which has a CIA hero and a racy Paris setting; The Interrogators, by Allan Prior, in which two doughty Scotland Yard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: May 21, 1965 | 5/21/1965 | See Source »

CUNNING AS A FOX by Kyle Hunt. 209 pages. Macmillan. $3.95. British Crimewriter John Creasey is a one-man Book-of-the-Month Club. Since 1931, under his own name and a dozen pseudonyms of wonderful ordinariness,* he has managed to write nearly 500 books. To his long list of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Spies & Eyes | 5/14/1965 | See Source »

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