03102nam 2200649Ia 450 991080857350332120200520144314.00-8040-4014-1(CKB)1000000000713471(SSID)ssj0000431937(PQKBManifestationID)11965440(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000431937(PQKBWorkID)10476063(PQKB)10854581(MiAaPQ)EBC3026849(Au-PeEL)EBL3026849(CaPaEBR)ebr10091961(OCoLC)84860227(EXLCZ)99100000000071347120041130d2005 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrDeVoto's West history, conservation, and the public good /by Bernard DeVoto ; edited by Edward K. Muller1st ed.Athens, Ohio Swallow Press Ohio University Pressc2005xxxv, 275 p"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.0-8040-1072-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: DeVoto's West -- Footnote on the West -- Fossil Remnants of the Frontier -- The West: A Plundered Province -- The Anxious West -- The High Country -- Part II: The Western Land Grab, 1940s -- The West Against Itself -- The Western Land Grab -- U.S. Forest Service and the Western Land Grab -- Sacred Cows and Public Lands -- Statesmen on the Lam -- Part III: Desert, Water, and the West -- The West -- Flood in the Desert -- Our Hundred Year Plan -- And Fractions Drive Me Mad -- Part IV: Protection of the National Parks -- Intramural Giveaway -- Let's Close the National Parks -- Shall We Let Them Ruin Our National Parks? -- National Park Service -- The Western Land Grab, 1950s -- One-Way Partnership Derailed -- Conservation: Down and on the Way Out -- An Old Steal Refurbished -- Two-Gun Desmond Is Back -- A Bibliography of DeVoto's West -- Index.Environmental protectionWest (U.S.)Conservation of natural resourcesWest (U.S.)Public landsWest (U.S.)Common goodEnvironmental degradationWest (U.S.)West (U.S.)Environmental conditionsWest (U.S.)HistoryWest (U.S.)Description and travelEnvironmental protectionConservation of natural resourcesPublic landsCommon good.Environmental degradation333.72/0978De Voto Bernard Augustine1897-1955.174370Muller Edward K1611313MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808573503321DeVoto's West3939523UNINA