Pocahontas Press has proudly and confidently nominated David Elkinton's book, Fighting to Protect the Highlands, for the 2008 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. Each year, this award goes to the book which “most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy’s purposes — his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity."
Fighting to Protect the Highlands documents the legal and political struggles of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, a small group of citizens that undertook to preserve areas of West Virginia that otherwise would have been lost to mining and development. They have not always prevailed, but they often succeed, and all Americans are the beneficiaries.
The winner will be announced in the Spring. We wish Dave and all the other nominees the very best of luck!
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