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Author Schweber, Nate, author.

Title This America of ours : Bernard and Avis DeVoto and the forgotten fight to save the wild / Nate Schweber.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. Boston : Mariner Books, [2022]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2942703~S1
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 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  333.7 SCH    AVAILABLE
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Description xviii, 334 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary An award-winning journalist uncovers the forgotten story of a progressive alliance, started by writer Bernard DeVoto and his wife, who fought to stop millions of acres of national parks and other western lands from being ceded to logging, mining, and private industry.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-322) and index.
Subject De Voto, Bernard, 1897-1955.
DeVoto, Avis.
Wilderness areas -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century.
National parks and reserves -- Protection -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century.
Nature conservation -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century.
Environmental protection -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century.
Environmental policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN 9780358438816 hc.
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