{"product_id":"under-mountain-shadows-9781476693927","title":"Under Mountain Shadows","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e  From her world-famous dude ranch in Washington state''s Yakima County, Kay Kershaw exerted tremendous influence on conservation efforts in the Pacific Northwest and, tangentially, on LGBTQ+ rights in the United States. After gaining local renown in sports and aviation, she established the ranch at Goose Prairie with her first partner, Pat Kane--a fraught undertaking in a region closely associated with the John Birch Society. Operating under the guise of two spinsters, Kershaw and her later life-partner Isabelle Lynn guarded their privacy closely, but local encroachment by the U.S. Forest Service and the timber industry forced them into the public arena as environmentalists. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   In partnership with Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, Kershaw and Lynn spearheaded a decades-long campaign to save the ancient forests and ecosystem of Washington''s Cascade Range. In the process, Kay and Isabelle''s devoted relationship proved a marked contrast to Justice Douglas'' own turbul\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040524927319,"sku":"9781476693927","price":30.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476693927.jpg?v=1750947013","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/under-mountain-shadows-9781476693927","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}