List of Illustrations; Foreword by Peter R. Crane; Acknowledgments; Chronology; Prologue; 1. From the Bend of a Beautiful River to the Alcatraz of Conscientious Objector Camps; 2. Threatened Lands, Living Museums; 3. The Nature Conservancy: Setting Up the Necessary Structure Ourselves; 4. The Illinois Natural Areas Preservation Act: If at First You Don't Succeed . . .; 5. The Illinois Nature Preserves Commission: Where Once We Were Opportunists; 6. Sowing More Acorns, Fighting More Battles; Epilogue; Notes; Index
