Authors and Illustrators Database

Born: 07/18/1898  Holly
Died: 08/01/1990
Parents: Darwin and Cora East
Spouse: Eleanor Lee (1st) Helen Gorski (2nd)
Children: David Carnes East and Barbara Lee Pope (deceased)

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	Fifty years ago : my visits to Isle Royale - A reprint published to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Isle Royale National Park. Previously appeared in Jan. and Feb. 1981 issues of Michigan out-of-doors magazine.	Michigan History	Adult	Houghton, Mich. : Isle Royale Natural History Association	1981
	Danger in the Air / as told to Ben East - "Survival" series illustrated and designed by Jack Dahl, edited by Howard Schroeder and Jerolyn Nentl	Non Fiction	Children, Teen	[Mankato, MN] : Crestwood House	1979
	Desparate Search / as told to Ben East - "Survival" series illustrated and designed by Jack Dahl, edited by Howard Schroeder and Jerolyn Nentl	Non Fiction	Children, Teen	Mankato, Minn. : Crestwood House	1979
	Forty Days Lost / as told to Ben East - "Survival" series illustrated and designed by Jack Dahl, edited by Howard Schroeder and Jerolyn Nentl	Non Fiction	Children, Teen	Mankato, Minn. : Crestwood House	1979
	Found Alive / as told to Ben East - "Survival" series illustrated and designed by Jack Dahl, edited by Howard Schroeder and Jerolyn Nentl	Non Fiction	Children, Teen	Mankato, Minn. : Crestwood House	1979
	Frozen Terror / as told to Ben East - "Survival" series illustrated and designed by Jack Dahl, edited by Howard Schroeder and Jerolyn Nentl	Non Fiction	Children, Teen	Mankato, Minn. : Crestwood House	1979
	Grizzly! / As told to Ben East - "Survival" series illustrated and designed by Jack Dahl, edited by Howard Schroeder and Jerolyn Nentl	Non Fiction	Children, Teen	Mankato, MN : Crestwood House	1979
	Mistaken Journey / as told to Ben East - "Survival" series illustrated and designed by Jack Dahl, edited by Howard Schroeder and Jerolyn Nentl	Non Fiction	Children, Teen	Mankato, MN : Crestwood House	1979
	Trapped in Devil's Hole/ as told to Ben East - "Survival" series illustrated and designed by Jack Dahl, edited by Howard Schroeder and Jerolyn Nentl	Non Fiction	Children, Teen	Mankato, MN : Crestwood House	1979
	Bears : a veteran outdoorsman's account of the most fascinating and dangerous animals in North America	Non Fiction	Adult	New York : Outdoor Life	1977
	This Was the North - With Anton Money	Non Fiction	Adult	New York : Crown Publishers	1975
	The Ben East Hunting Book	Non Fiction	Adult	New York, Outdoor life	1974
	The Last Eagle; the story of Khan	Non Fiction, Biography	Adult	New York, Crown Publishers	1974
	The Silence of the North : the incredible story of a woman's fight for survival in the wilderness - With Olive Frederickson	Non Fiction, Adventure, Biography	Adult	New York : Crown Publishers, Inc.	1972
	Danger: Explosive True Adventures of the Great Outdoors	Non Fiction	Adult	New York,Outdoor Life Book Division	1970
	Survival: 23 True Sportsmen's Adventures	Non Fiction	Adult	New York : Outdoor Life, Dutton	1967
	Narrow Escapes and Wilderness Adventures	Non Fiction, Adventure	Children, Teen	New York, Outdoor life, Dutton	1960

What is the aim or goal of your writing: 2nd ed. says, "Ben East has had a distinguished career in illustrated travel and adventure lectures, 1938-1951. He appeared at National Geographic Society, Maryland Academy of Science, Philadelphia Academy of Science, American Museum of Natural History, Explorers Club, and George Pierrot's World Adventure Series. He has lectured to audiences as small as 12 in number and as large as 70,000." Contemporary Authors says, "Ben East is wellknown as a writer, photgrapher, and filmer of the North American wilderness. Initially, East gained recognition as the first person to film an Alaskan sea otter in color (1941)." Much of my writing has dealt with major conservation problems confronting the nation. I have produced...articles for Outdoor Life on such environmentally destructive practices as strip mining, channelization, unethical use of aircraft to take trophy game, political interference in wildlife affairs, the indiscriminate use of pesticides, and the damming of wild and scenic rivers and streams.

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Though Ben East is most remembered as a writer he was also an early and important conservationist. He was deeply committed to preserving Michigan's natural beauty and was instrumental in gaining State Park status for both Tahquamenon Falls and the Porcupine Mountains. He also played a major role in securing Isle Royale as a National Park. He was involved in a number of conservation organizations and won the Michigan United Conservation Clubs Conservation Award in 1971 as well the Michigan Environmental Award and formal recognition by the Michigan state legislature, both in 1973.

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