?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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN-13
9780300084238
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94560125
Product Key Features
Author
Bernard Devoto
Publication Name
The Western Paradox: a Conservation Reader
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Geography & Geosciences, Geology
Publication Year
2001
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
592 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
197mm
Item Width
129mm
Item Weight
458g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Bernard Devoto
Series Title
LaMar Series in Western History (Yale)
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Editor
Patricia Nelson Limerick, Douglas Brinkley
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