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Acknowledgments
The preparation of this volume has been greatly aided by several useful research libraries and their archives, exhibits, and special and circulating collections, in particular those of Cornell University, the Library of Congress, the University of Northern Illinois, and the University of Iowa. Faculty Enhancement release time from North Central College provided time for the editing of this volume. As always, I am most grateful to my family for instilling in me the dialogue between agriculturist, conservationist, and naturalist that informs this work. My most profound appreciation goes to the pioneering farm and wilderness writers whose tireless work and inspired advocacy vivify this collection.