A Different Vision

REED, Nathaniel Pryor Nathaniel Pryor Reed was born in Manhattan, New York on July 22, 1933. After graduating from Trinity College and serving four years in Air Force Intelligence, he joined his family's real estate and holding company as a vice president. He soon began his environmental work and led conservation fights throughout Florida. He was the environmental adviser for Florida governor Claude R. Kirk Jr. and was an assistant secretary of the Interior from 1970 until 1977. Reed helped turn the Endangered Species Act into law. His memoir, Travels on the Green Highway, was published in 2017. He died from a brain injury on July 11, 2018 at the age of 84. Warmly inscribed [383] pp. Reed Publishing/ M&K Publishing 2010 13 1/4" x 10 3/8" *w/ 3 closed tears to back jacket panel* "In the early 1930s, Joseph Verner Reed acquired a major portion of a small, barely inhabited island on Florida's east coast -- Jupiter Island. For the next 65 years the Reed family developed their holdings on Jupiter Island in a manner wholly different from that of other Florida land developers. The result is a unique community of just over 500 private hoems and the distinctive Jupiter Island Club. . This book traces the history of hte Hobe Sound Company and efforts to develop the Jupiter Island Club and Jupiter Island and to also insure that significant natural areas were protected. The author, Nathaniel Pryor Reed, is the son of Joseph Verner Reed,".