{"product_id":"this-america-of-ours-bernard-and-avis-devoto-and-the-forgotten-fight-to-save-the-wild-paperback","title":"This America of Ours: Bernard and Avis Devoto and the Forgotten Fight to Save the Wild - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNate Schweber\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the High Plains Book Award Best Book of the Year - Outdoor Writers Association of America\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"How could we have missed the swashbuckling story of Avis and Bernard DeVoto, tribunes of public lands, free speech and liberty itself? Thankfully we have it now from Nate Schweber, in telling and rich details that make clear its ties to Joe McCarthy, J. Edgar Hoover, and today's demagogue-ridden America.\"--Larry Tye, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eDemagogue \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe untold and \"energetic\" history of the extraordinary couple who rescued national parks from McCarthyism--and inspired a future of conservation (\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn late-1940s America, few writers commanded attention like Bernard DeVoto. Alongside his brilliant wife and editor, Avis, DeVoto was a firebrand of American liberty, free speech, and perhaps our greatest national treasure: public lands. But when a corrupt band of lawmakers, led by Senator Pat McCarran, sought to quietly cede millions of acres of national parks and other western lands to logging, mining, and private industry, the DeVotos entered the fight of their lives. Bernard and Avis built a broad grassroots coalition to sound the alarm--from Julia and Paul Child to Ansel Adams, Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Alfred Knopf, Adlai Stevenson, and Wallace Stegner--while the very pillars of American democracy, embodied in free and public access to Western lands, hung in the balance. Their dramatic crusade would earn them censorship and blacklisting by Joe McCarthy, J. Edgar Hoover, and Roy Cohn, and it even cost Bernard his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThis America of Ours, \u003c\/i\u003e award-winning journalist Nate Schweber uncovers the forgotten story of a progressive alliance that altered the course of twentieth-century history and saved American wilderness--and our country's most fundamental ideals--from ruin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis landmark political biography reveals the hidden history of their fight: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Formidable Literary Partnership: \u003c\/b\u003e Follow Bernard DeVoto, the fiery writer, and Avis DeVoto, his brilliant editor, as they trade their pens for swords in the political battle of their lives.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Fight for Public Lands: \u003c\/b\u003e Uncover the secret plot by Senator Pat McCarran and powerful special interests to privatize millions of acres of the American West, from national forests to parklands.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBlacklisted During the Red Scare: \u003c\/b\u003e Discover how the DeVotos' crusade earned them the enmity of J. Edgar Hoover and made them targets of Senator Joe McCarthy's anti-Communist witch hunts.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAn Unlikely Alliance: \u003c\/b\u003e Learn about the remarkable grassroots coalition the DeVotos assembled, featuring allies from future chef Julia Child to iconic photographer Ansel Adams.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 10, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47777310212349,"sku":"9780063268692","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/6X4x8U9EaQ9780063268692.webp?v=1782993374","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/this-america-of-ours-bernard-and-avis-devoto-and-the-forgotten-fight-to-save-the-wild-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}