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About the Author

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Miriam Horn has lived her life between two worlds: coastal cities and the remote mountain west; conservation work with the US Forest Service and Environmental Defense Fund, and life as a writer and filmmaker.

Author’s Note

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Miriam Horn introduces her new book Homesick for a World Unknown and her fascination with field biologist George Schaller.

Homesick for a World Unknown

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The first full biography of field biologist George Schaller, forthcoming 4/21/2026 from Penguin Press by Miriam Horn.

On Conserving Common Ground in America’s Divided Heartland

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Miriam Horn has worked at the Environmental Defense Fund since 2004. Her 4th book, Homesick for a World Unknown, is the first full biography of field biologist George Schaller.

Why Big Farmers are Not Always the Bad Guys

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Miriam Horn challenged and brought into question assumptions about how we can save the environment. We so often point to ranchers, farmers and fisherman, the people who cultivate and raise our food, as being the enemy. Miriam discusses how we can find these unlikely allies who could shape the future our world forever and for the better.

Advice for Filmmakers from Miriam Horn

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Miriam Horn, author and Sundance Filmmaker, shares advice for filmmakers.

Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman: Documentary Narrated by Tom Brokaw

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The documentary Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman tells the inspiring story of heartland conservation heroes who are feeding the world while stewarding the land and water. The film is a tribute to people like Justin Knopf, a fifth-generation Kansas farmer revolutionizing industrial scale agriculture to rebuild the fertility, biodiversity and resilience of his soil, and Dusty Crary, a fourth-generation…

Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman

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From a fourth-generation Montana cowboy protecting grizzlies and wolves to a commercial fisherman restoring the wild bounty of the Gulf of Mexico, a window onto the deeply conservative roots of conservation. Also a Sundance film.

Earth: The Sequel

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Portraits of the entrepreneurs inventing the next generation of clean energy technologies and reaping the 21st century’s greatest economic opportunity. A New York Times bestseller and Discovery documentary.

Rebels in White Gloves

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The 400 women who graduated with Hillary Clinton trod every path imaginable, becoming the first women in their law and medical schools, Buddhist nuns, activists wanted by the FBI, and stay-at-home moms.