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Book 27 of 2021: The Western Paradox by Bernard DeVotoBernard DeVoto (1897-1955) was an American historian and mentor to Wallace Stegner. He is famous for his trilogy of Western history (Across the Wide Missouri, Year of Decision 1846, and Course of Empire) - which are in my reading goals for 2022.The Western Paradox consists of two parts - a collection of essays on Western land management published in Harper's between 1946 and 1954 and an unpublished manuscript from which this collection is ent...
Book 27 of 2021: The Western Paradox by Bernard DeVotoBernard DeVoto (1897-1955) was an American historian and mentor to Wallace Stegner. He is famous for his trilogy of Western history (Across the Wide Missouri, Year of Decision 1846, and Course of Empire) - which are in my reading goals for 2022.The Western Paradox consists of two parts - a collection of essays on Western land management published in Harper's between 1946 and 1954 and an unpublished manuscript from which this collection is ent...
Book 27 of 2021: The Western Paradox by Bernard DeVotoBernard DeVoto (1897-1955) was an American historian and mentor to Wallace Stegner. He is famous for his trilogy of Western history (Across the Wide Missouri, Year of Decision 1846, and Course of Empire) - which are in my reading goals for 2022.The Western Paradox consists of two parts - a collection of essays on Western land management published in Harper's between 1946 and 1954 and an unpublished manuscript from which this collection is ent...
The source of our current state of woe in the west explained. THE primer for western conservation readers.
The source of our current state of woe in the west explained. THE primer for western conservation readers.
The source of our current state of woe in the west explained. THE primer for western conservation readers.
Read it again and then purchased a copy.
Read it again and then purchased a copy.
Read it again and then purchased a copy.
I'm torn about this book. It is split between some of DeVoto's published Harpers articles and the almost completed book " The Western Paradox". His articles are passionate and 0highlight his tireless wok on behalf of the public lands. The book, well, it's a bit more complicated, lengthy and to some extent not moored in respect to chronology, topic or commonality between the pages. Perhaps it just needed his final edits. DeVoto is an absolute essential read for public lands researchers, but I'm n...
I'm torn about this book. It is split between some of DeVoto's published Harpers articles and the almost completed book " The Western Paradox". His articles are passionate and 0highlight his tireless wok on behalf of the public lands. The book, well, it's a bit more complicated, lengthy and to some extent not moored in respect to chronology, topic or commonality between the pages. Perhaps it just needed his final edits. DeVoto is an absolute essential read for public lands researchers, but I'm n...
I'm torn about this book. It is split between some of DeVoto's published Harpers articles and the almost completed book " The Western Paradox". His articles are passionate and 0highlight his tireless wok on behalf of the public lands. The book, well, it's a bit more complicated, lengthy and to some extent not moored in respect to chronology, topic or commonality between the pages. Perhaps it just needed his final edits. DeVoto is an absolute essential read for public lands researchers, but I'm n...