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The untold story of the extraordinary fight to defend American wilderness from McCarthyism, and the radical couple who led the charge--and inspired a future of conservation In late-1940s America, few writers commanded attention like Bernard DeVoto. Alongside his brilliant... Read Full Overview

Winner of the High Plains Book Award Best Book of the Year - Outdoor Writers Association of America

"A brilliant rendering of what 'the open space of democracy' must be if we are to survive its present state of erosion." -Terry Tempest Williams

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