{"product_id":"9780300133868","title":"The Western Paradox: A Conservation Reader","description":"“This book is the fascinating record of DeVoto’s crusade to save the West from itself. . . . His arguments, insights, and passion are as relevant and urgent today as they were when he first put them on paper.”—Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., from the Foreword\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBernard 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Year of Decision: 1846, Across the Wide Missouri, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Course of Empire.\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis volume brings together ten of DeVoto’s acerbic and still timely essays on Western conservation issues, along with his unfinished conservationist manifesto\u003ci\u003e, Western Paradox\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125023391984,"sku":"9780300133868","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780300133868_p0.jpg?v=1763669902","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780300133868","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}