DeVoto's West : history, conservation, and the public good / by Bernard DeVoto ; edited by Edward K. Muller.
Publisher's description: Social commentator and preeminent western historian Bernard DeVoto vigorously defended public lands in the West against commercial interests. By the time of his death in 1955, DeVoto had published criticism, history, and fiction. He had won both the Pulitzer and Bancrof...
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| Language: | English |
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Athens, Ohio :
Swallow Press/Ohio University Press,
[2005]
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| Summary: | Publisher's description: Social commentator and preeminent western historian Bernard DeVoto vigorously defended public lands in the West against commercial interests. By the time of his death in 1955, DeVoto had published criticism, history, and fiction. He had won both the Pulitzer and Bancroft prizes. But his most passionate writing--at once incisive and eloquent--advocated conservation of America's prairies, rangeland, forests, mountains, canyons, and deserts. This collection showcases the complexity, depth, and breadth of DeVoto's thinking. These essays (many of which originally appeared in the renowned Harper's column The Easy Chair) persuasively advocate stewardship of public land. DeVoto addressed the plundering of resources by absentee eastern corporations, westerners' conflicted relationship with the forces of exploitation, and the degradation of the national parks. |
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| Item Description: | "Published in association with the Center for American Places Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Staunton, Virginia." "DeVoto's West collects twenty-two of DeVoto's essays on the American West and conservation issues."--Introduction. |
| Physical Description: | xxxv, 275 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-267) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780804010733 0804010730 9780804010726 0804010722 |