Rewilding the West: Restoration in a Prairie Landscape

by Richard Manning

Book Overview

"The most destructive force in the American West is its commanding views, because they foster the illusion that we command," begins Richard Manning's vivid, anecdotally driven account of the American plains from native occupation through the unraveling of the American enterprise to today. As he tells the story of this once rich, now mostly empty landscape, Manning also describes a grand vision for ecological restoration, currently being set in motion,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520267958
• ISBN13: 9780520267954
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.8"