A stunning, uplifting work of art celebrating a national initiative that preserves what’s good in the world. In 1973, the US congress passed, with bipartisan support, the Endangered Species Act, an attempt to ensure our collective future by protecting animals that were then threatened with extinction. Fifty years on, we’re still, as ever, on the brink of natural disaster, but there have also been many victories along the way. Acclaimed artist Allen Crawford has documented these in the form of more than eighty bold, poster-style paintings of birds, mammals, fish, and insects that remain with us thanks to the Act. Even the smallest of these attains nobility via Crawford’s illustrative talent, and leading environmentalist Terry Tempest Williams matches that tone in her apposite introduction. A Wild Promise is a visual treat and a measure of how far we’ve come and how much we still have to fight for.
—James, Madison Books, Seattle, WA
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