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The Western Paradox, A Conservation Reader |
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| Subject: | History: U.S.: Western |
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| Grade Level: | Adults | |
| Catalog # | HIST25589 | |
| Regular Price: Your Price: You Save: | $18.95 $16.95 $2.00 (10.55%) | |
| Author: |
Bernard DeVoto |
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| Binding: | Paper | |
| Copyright Year: | 2001 | |
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Description: |
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.
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