The Western Paradox - A Conservation Reader (Paperback, New)

"This book is the fascinating record of DeVoto's crusade to save the West from itself. . . . His arguments, insights, and passion are as relevant and urgent today as they were when he first put them on paper."-Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., from the Foreword Bernard DeVoto (1897-1955) was, according to the novelist Wallace Stegner, "a fighter for public causes, for conservation of our natural resources, for freedom of the press and freedom of thought." A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, DeVoto is best remembered for his trilogy, The Year of Decision: 1846, Across the Wide Missouri, and The Course of Empire. He also wrote a column for Harper's Magazine, in which he fulminated about his many concerns, particularly the exploitation and destruction of the American West. This volume brings together ten of DeVoto's acerbic and still timely essays on Western conservation issues, along with his unfinished conservationist manifesto, Western Paradox, which has never before been published. The book also includes a foreword by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., who was a student of DeVoto's at Harvard University, and a substantial introduction by Douglas Brinkley and Patricia Limerick, both of which shed light on DeVoto's work and legacy.

General

Imprint:	Yale University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	The Lamar Series in Western History
Release date:	August 2001
First published:	August 2001
Authors:	Bernard De Voto
Editors:	Douglas Brinkley • Patricia Nelson Limerick
Dimensions:	197 x 127 x 39mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	592
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-08423-8
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmentalist thought & ideology Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Conservation of the environment > General Promotions
LSN:	0-300-08423-4
Barcode:	9780300084238

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