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Dispossessing the Wilderness by Mark Spence

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rife with trees, streams, lakes, indigenous plants and calls of birds and other animals. In short, wilderness is considered pristine, natural land that doesnt have the taint of development in  any way, shape or form - there is not even a hiking path in the way to draw attention from the beauty. In fact, according to Dispossessing the Wilderness: Indian  Removal and the Making of the National Parks by assistant professor Mark David Spence, the definition of wilderness found in the 1964 Wilderness Act is a place where "man himself  is a visitor who does not remain." Yet Spences book isnt a kudos to the U.S. government for finding these so-called pristine  and untouched lands and protecting them so tourists could continued to enjoy their unspoiled beauty and feel closer to nature. Far from it. Rather, the book is an honest expose  that accuses the government, since the 19th century, of "creating" wilderness areas, sometimes through the policy of Native American removal from these very same lands. Its safe to say that  the rise of the restrictive Indian reservations can almost go hand-in-hand with development of the National Parks Service system, which sought to support wildlife and nature by removal of all  traces of people from it. The book drips with interesting stories, case histories and fascinating tidbits about how Native American removal helped create the National Park Services wilderness areas. The  most famous of these removals involves the creation of the most famous of the parks; Yellowstone, Glacier and Yosemite. The cause for  the creation of wilderness, according to Spence, was the American romance with the frontier during the early 19th century. Leading the charge for "frontier preservation" was so-called "nature" painter George