Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-310) and index.
Education of a western politician -- Mr. Aspinall goes to Washington -- New frontiers : Kennedy, Udall, and Fryingpan, Arkansas -- From the New Frontier to the wilderness : Aspinall and early environmentalism -- Guardian of western water -- Environmental movement's "most durable foe" -- Journey home : Aspinall returns to Colorado, 1970-1983