The Bears Ears, David Roberts
The Bears Ears, David Roberts
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The Bears Ears
A Human History of America's Most Endangered Wilderness

Author: David Roberts

Narrator: Danny Campbell

Unabridged: 11 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/23/2021


Synopsis

A personal and historical exploration of the Bears Ears country and the fight to save a national monument.

The Bears Ears National Monument in southeastern Utah, created by President Obama in 2016 and eviscerated by the Trump administration in 2017, contains more archaeological sites than any other region in the United States. It's also a spectacularly beautiful landscape, a mosaic of sandstone canyons and bold mesas and buttes. This wilderness, now threatened by oil and gas drilling, unrestricted grazing, and invasion by Jeep and ATV, is at the center of the greatest environmental battle in America since the damming of the Colorado River to create Lake Powell in the 1950s.

In The Bears Ears, acclaimed adventure writer David Roberts takes listeners on a tour of his favorite place on earth as he unfolds the rich and contradictory human history of the 1.35 million acres of the Bears Ears domain. Weaving personal memoir with archival research, Roberts sings the praises of the outback he's explored for the last twenty-five years.

About David Roberts

David Roberts (1943-2021) was the author of dozens of books on mountaineering, adventure, and the history of the American Southwest. His essays and articles have appeared in National Geographic, National Geographic Adventure, and the Atlantic Monthly.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Chris on May 26, 2021

It's a love letter and an overview of the recently created (and de-created) national monument in southeastern Utah. But mostly it's a love letter. Roberts has visited the place a few dozens of times and gone on hundreds of hikes. He loves the complete out-of-nowhere-dness of it all, and most especia......more

Goodreads review by Monty on May 15, 2023

It's incredibly frustrating to me that this author is one of the most prominent people to write about a corner of the world that means so much to me. Roberts' writing style is grating and his arrogance is abundant. Refusing to acknowledge both scholarly consensus and the wishes of indigenous people......more

Goodreads review by David on March 01, 2021

Wonderful history of the bears ears area in utah and the author's extensive adventures in this magical area. My dad and I first started exploring this area in the early 1990s ...some of my fondest memories are of this area...I've wanted to retire to this area to continue my explorations...thank you......more

Goodreads review by Mark on March 19, 2021

As a Utah resident, I have loved my time in many of southern Utah's amazing national parks and monuments, but I had never even heard of Cedar Mesa. I had, of course, heard much about the controversial Bears Ears national monument established by President Obama, then greatly diminished by President T......more

Goodreads review by Kim on March 01, 2021

I have loved anything with the Anasazi and their amazing cliff dwellings since I visited Mesa Verde as a teen. I would have loved more about their history in this book rather than more of the recent stories. I wish the pictures were in color to give a real sense of how amazing this area is! The book......more