| American Zion: Cliven Bundy, God & Public Lands in the West Contributor(s): Quammen, Betsy Gaines (Author) |
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ISBN: 1948814145 ISBN-13: 9781948814140 Publisher: Torrey House Press OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints (mormon) - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - Religion | Religion, Politics & State |
| Dewey: 333.109 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.3" W x 8.1" (1.05 lbs) 370 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Religious Orientation - Mormonism/Lds - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A deep, fascinating dive into a uniquely American brand of religious zealotry that poses a grave threat to our national parks, wilderness areas, wildlife sanctuaries, and other public lands. It also happens to be a delight to read. --JON KRAKAUER American Zion is the story of the Bundy family, famous for their armed conflicts in the West. With an antagonism that goes back to the very first Mormons who fled the Midwest for the Great Basin, they hold a sense of entitlement that confronts both law and democracy. Today their cowboy confrontations threaten public lands, wild species, and American heritage. BETSY GAINES QUAMMEN is a historian and conservationist. She received a doctorate in Environmental History from Montana State University in 2017, her dissertation focusing on Mormon settlement and public land conflicts. After college in Colorado, caretaking for a bed and breakfast in Mosier, Oregon, and serving breakfasts at a cafe in Kanab, Utah, Betsy has settled in Bozeman, Montana, where she now lives with her husband, writer David Quammen, three huge dogs, an overweight cat, and a pretty big python named Boots. |