True West : myth and mending on the far side of America
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Salt Lake City : Torrey House Press, 2023.
Format
Book
Edition
First Torrey House Press edition.
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295 pages ; 24 cm.
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Published
Salt Lake City : Torrey House Press, 2023.
Edition
First Torrey House Press edition.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-279) and index.
Description
From the Northern Rockies to the Southwest deserts, Betsy Gaines Quammen explores how myths shape our identities, heighten polarizations, and fracture our shared understanding of the world around us. As she investigates the origins and effects of myths of the American West, Gaines Quammen travels through small towns and big cities, engaging people and building relationships at every stop. Misperceptions about land, politics, liberty, and self-determination threaten the well-being of people and communities across the country, and Gaines Quammen interrogates it all as she seeks to reconcile the anger and misunderstandings that continue to be fueled by the West's enduring myths and complex history. Whether sitting down with a local resident seeking to protect his rural Utah town from Antifa or talking with grassroots organizers working across ideological divides, Gaines Quammen brings to life connections and contradictions that shape our politics and our lives far beyond the West.
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History -- Historiography
History -- United States -- 21st Century
History -- United States -- State & Local West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Political Science -- Civics & Citizenship
Political Science -- Political Ideologies -- Conservatism & Liberalism
Political Science -- Political Ideologies -- Nationalism & Patriotism
Political Science -- Political Ideologies -- Radicalism
Political Science -- Public Policy -- Environmental Policy
Political Science -- Religion, Politics & State
Social Science -- Regional Studies
Travel -- United States -- West General
History -- United States -- 21st Century
History -- United States -- State & Local West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Political Science -- Civics & Citizenship
Political Science -- Political Ideologies -- Conservatism & Liberalism
Political Science -- Political Ideologies -- Nationalism & Patriotism
Political Science -- Political Ideologies -- Radicalism
Political Science -- Public Policy -- Environmental Policy
Political Science -- Religion, Politics & State
Social Science -- Regional Studies
Travel -- United States -- West General