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Winner of the High Plains Book Award Best Book of the Year - Outdoor Writers Association of America


“A brilliant rendering of what ''the open space of democracy'' must be if we are to survive its present state of erosion.” -Terry Tempest Williams

 

The untold and “energetic” history of the extraordinary couple who rescued national parks from McCarthyism—and inspired a future of conservation (Wall Street Journal)


In late-1940s America, few writers commanded attention like Bernard DeVoto. Alongside his brilliant wife and editor, Avis, DeVoto was a firebrand of American liberty, free speech, and perhaps our greatest national treasure: public lands. But when a corrupt band of lawmakers, led by Senator Pat McCarran, sought to quietly cede millions of acres of national parks and other western lands to logging, mining, and private industry, the

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      Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
      Publication Date: 10/10/2023
      ISBN13: 9780063268692, 978-0063268692
      ISBN10: 0063268698
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Winner of the High Plains Book Award Best Book of the Year - Outdoor Writers Association of America


      “A brilliant rendering of what ''the open space of democracy'' must be if we are to survive its present state of erosion.” -Terry Tempest Williams

       

      The untold and “energetic” history of the extraordinary couple who rescued national parks from McCarthyism—and inspired a future of conservation (Wall Street Journal)


      In late-1940s America, few writers commanded attention like Bernard DeVoto. Alongside his brilliant wife and editor, Avis, DeVoto was a firebrand of American liberty, free speech, and perhaps our greatest national treasure: public lands. But when a corrupt band of lawmakers, led by Senator Pat McCarran, sought to quietly cede millions of acres of national parks and other western lands to logging, mining, and private industry, the

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