{"product_id":"the-western-paradox-bernard-devoto-9780300084238","title":"The Western Paradox","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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bernard Devoto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300084234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300084238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.86h x 4.92w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2002 pg. 29 - Strongly Recommended","brand":"Bernard Devoto","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913587884287,"sku":"9780300084238","price":81.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_e0eb8c35-4359-4267-a885-2cfe46b51c91.jpg?v=1680621218","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-western-paradox-bernard-devoto-9780300084238","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}