DeVoto's West : history, conservation, and the public good, Bernard DeVoto ; edited by Edward K. Muller

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DeVoto's West : history, conservation, and the public good, Bernard DeVoto ; edited by Edward K. Muller

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history, conservation, and the public good

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Bernard DeVoto ; edited by Edward K. Muller

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• DeVoto's West : history, conservation, and the public good

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• Athens, Ohio, Swallow Press/Ohio University Press, ©2005

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• "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 convervation issues"--Introd

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-267) and index

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Contents

[Pt.]1. DeVoto's West: Footnote on the West (1927) ; Fossil remnants of the frontier (1935) ; The West : a plundered province (1934) ; The anxious West (1946) ; The high country (1952) -- [Pt.] 2. The Western land grab, 1940s: The West against itself (1947) ; The western land grab (1947) ; U.S. Forest Service and the western land grab (1948) ; Sacred cows and public lands (1948) ; Statesmen on the lam (1948) -- [Pt.] 3. Desert, water, and the West: The West (1947) ; Flood in the desert (1952) ; Our hundred year plan (1950) ; And fractions drive me mad (1954) -- [Pt.] 4. Protection of the National Parks: National Park Service (1949) ; Shall we let them ruin our National Parks? (1950) ; Let's close the National Parks (1953) ; Intramural giveaway (1954) -- [Pt.] 5. The Western land grab, 1950s: Two-gun Desmond is back (1951) ; An old steal refurbished (1952) ; Conservation : down and on the way out (1954) ; One-way partnership derailed (1955)

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23 cm

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xxxv, 275 pages

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9780804010726

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2004028391

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