{"product_id":"walking-the-high-desert-ellen-waterston-9780295747507","title":"Walking the High Desert: Encounters with Rural America Along the Oregon Desert Trail","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormer high desert rancher Ellen Waterston writes of a wild, essentially roadless, starkly beautiful part of the American West. Following the recently created 750-mile Oregon Desert Trail, she embarks on a creative and inquisitive exploration, introducing readers to a \"trusting, na?e, earnest, stubbly, grumpy old man of a desert\" that is grappling with issues at the forefront of national, if not global, concern: public land use, grazing rights for livestock, protection of sacred Indigenous ground, water rights, and protection of habitat for endangered species.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlending travel writing with memoir and history, Waterston profiles a wide range of people who call the high desert home and offers fresh perspectives on nationally reported regional conflicts such as the Malheur Wildlife Refuge occupation. \u003ci\u003eWalking the High Desert\u003c\/i\u003e invites readers--wherever they may be--to consider their own beliefs, identities, and surroundings through the optic of the high desert of southeastern Oregon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ellen Waterston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0295747501\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780295747507\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Washington Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/22\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2020","brand":"Ellen Waterston","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051075629311,"sku":"9780295747507","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_acc35ed0-86bb-468b-87d1-ef3a141e7071.jpg?v=1685010946","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/walking-the-high-desert-ellen-waterston-9780295747507","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}