Philip Fradkin, author, historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist nationally renowned for his writing on the environment, died Saturday at his home in Point Reyes Station. He was 77.
In his own words, Mr. Fradkin told stories. About the American West, about wilderness and its preservation, about earthquakes, and about a person’s experience with wild and western places.
Born in New York City in 1935, Mr. Fradkin grew up in Montclair, New Jersey. His mother, Elvira,…