Frank Masland was born into a Philadelphia carpet manufacturing family in 1895. He took an early retirement after WWII and began exploring remote areas of the US. From there he went on to become an advisor to the National Park Service, leaving his mark on national parks around the country and the world. Frank was an arch-conservative politically, in the vein of John Birch and Barry Goldwater, but he also embraced radical views on the environment, putting him in league with the most ardent environmentalists of his generation. Now we can read about his fascinating life in a new biography, from which this article derives most of its information.
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Timeline of Masland’s life
Below, Frank Masland on an expedition in the American southwest.