The Udall Brothers: Voices For The Environment

After Washington D.C.

Stewart's authorship expanded exponentially during his later years following his resignation as Secretary of the Interior. Following his 1963 publication of his environmental manifesto The Quiet Crisis, Stewart published:

  • 1979: Agenda for Tomorrow (1968): positing that cities be considered as environments and urban cleaning become a national project.
  • America's Natural Treasures: National Nature Monuments and Seashores (1971): a vivid photographic essay on U.S. national parks, national monuments, and nature reserves.
  • The Energy Balloon (1974): Co-authored with Charles Conconi & David Osterhout, a detailed analysis and apologia of wasteful U.S. energy habits and steps needed to correct them.
  • To the Inland Empire: Coronado and our Spanish Legacy (1987): a retracing of the trails of Spanish colonizer Francisco Vásquez de Coronado as he searched for the "golden cities" of Cibola in what is now Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Stewart was bestowed knighthood for this book by King Juan Carlos of Spain (r. 1975-2014) in 1989.
  • The Quiet Crisis and the Next Generation (1988): A revision of 1963's The Quiet Crisis featuring nine new chapters.
  • Beyond the Mythic West (1988): Co-authored with Patricia Nelson Limerick & Charles F. Wilkinson, an examination of change upon the inhabitants and land of the western U.S.
  • In Coronado's Footsteps (1991): A collaboration with photographer Jerry Jacka, this work examines Francisco Vásquez de Coronado's colonial exploration of the U.S. southwest.
  • Arizona, Wild & Free (1993): Co-authored with Stewart's nephew Randy Udall & the Arizona Game & Fish Department, a look at Arizona's wilderness areas and habitats.
  • National Parks of America (1993): Featuring photographs by acclaimed landscape photographer David Meunch.
  • The Myths of August: A Personal Exploration of our Tragic Cold War Affair with the Atom (1994): In which Stewart takes aim at the U.S. government's denial of the effects of fallout from atmospheric tests and the false attribution of cigarettes to lung cancer among uranium miners (in particular Diné uranium miners, for whom Stewart advocated in the 1983 Begay Trial in Phoenix, AZ).
  • Majestic Journey: Coronado's Inland Empire (1995): A reissuing of 1987's To the Inland Empire with new photographs, map, and preface.
  • The Forgotten Founders: Rethinking the History of the Old West (2002): Stewart's last book, a collection of essays advocating for the existence of a greater racial and gender diverity of people in the making of the U.S. Western expansion.