It Takes A Hero: The Grass Roots Battle Against Environmental Oppression [Paperback]

William Perry Pendley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2010

Environmental oppression. It eats out America's vital substance, puts our economy in chains, violates the public liberty. It hurts people, real people. And they don't take it lying down. They fight back. This remarkable book documents the battle of ordinary people against the multi-billion-dollar environment movement and its offspring, the arrogant bureaucratic government "ecoligarchy." In story after story of bravery in the face of overwhelming odds, author William Perry Pendley here spins a rich tapestry of everyday heroism on the part of Americans being crushed by fanatic environmentalists who threaten to destroy our freedoms, our homes, our lives. Nowhere can one find a clearer voice in the debate over the environment than in the personal profiles of It Takes A Hero. Here are the true stories of fifty-three people who risked everything to stand up for the truth: The true stewards of the Earth are those who feed, clothe and shelter all of us, and they are being systematically destroyed by a powerful movement blinded to our material needs. In addition to inspiring and uplifting stories of real people, It Takes A Hero also contains a directory of one thousand leading grassroots fighters against environmental oppression: The Hero Network. This book belongs in the homes and hearts of every concerned American.

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About the Author

William Perry Pendley is president and chief legal officer of Mountain States Legal Foundation. He served as the Director of the Minerals Management Services in the Department of the Interior during the Reagan administration. He is a successful leader of an influential public interest law firm and has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Product Details

• Paperback: 344 pages
• Publisher: Merril Press (January 1, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0939571161
• ISBN-13: 978-0939571161
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,013,323 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Finally...., August 30, 2000

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Jason Toepfer (Spokane, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: It Takes A Hero: The Grass Roots Battle Against Environmental Oppression (Paperback)

Thank goodness there is finally a counterbalance to the eco-craziness that has blindly trampled individual liberty. Pendley clearly argues a point one would think was obvious: people are important. This work is a powerful antidote to those who would prefer to see the West (among other areas) people-free. This book is bound to annoy, and hopefully educate, the droves of band-wagon armchair ecologists in America today.

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Right Wing Tripe, August 19, 2004

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B. C. PLANT (baghdad) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: It Takes A Hero: The Grass Roots Battle Against Environmental Oppression (Paperback)

Pendley has written a book full of tales of people who are act out of greed and self-interest. If Pendley and the people in this book had their way America would have no public land, no protected forest, and noise pollution from the many many roads they'd build thru our pristine wildernesses would destroy any wilderness experience.
Pendley and the people he celebrates have a view of the future that looks forward no farther than next week. They are trying to destroy what we cherish. Because true liberty is the freedom to go where you want and experience our great country in its natural state...not whats left over after corporate interests have taken their toll.

5 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Yecch!, June 29, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: It Takes A Hero: The Grass Roots Battle Against Environmental Oppression (Paperback)

'It Takes a Moron' would be more like it; this incredible- literally- compendium of semi-fictitous tales of the selfish, the ill-informed and the misguided virtually defines the term 'wise use'. If you think people who fight on a daily basis to preserve wildlife, wild places, clean air, clean water, the ozone layer, the oceans, our forests etc. etc. are the 'enemy' and find resistance to their efforts 'heroic' you might enjoy this drivel by James Watt's bestest buddy. Probably not.