American Zion, Betsy Gaines Quammen
American Zion, Betsy Gaines Quammen
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American Zion
Cliven Bundy, God & Public Lands in the West

Author: Betsy Gaines Quammen

Narrator: Emily Durante

Unabridged: 10 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/27/2020

Synopsis

American Zion is the story of the Bundy family, famous for their armed conflicts in the West. With an antagonism that goes back to the very first Mormons who fled the Midwest for the Great Basin, they hold a sense of entitlement that confronts both law and democracy. Today their cowboy confrontations threaten public lands, wild species, and American heritage.

About Betsy Gaines Quammen

Betsy Gaines Quammen is a historian and conservationist. She received a doctorate in environmental history from Montana State University in 2017, her dissertation focusing on Mormon settlement and public land conflicts. After college in Colorado, caretaking for a bed and breakfast in Mosier, Oregon, and serving breakfasts at a cafe in Kanab, Utah, Betsy has settled in Bozeman, Montana, where she now lives with her husband, writer David Quammen, three huge dogs, an overweight cat, and a pretty big python named Boots.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kent on February 19, 2021

Very disappointing. Quammen seems to be trying to explain what is behind the Bundy point of view. But in the process she paints LDS beliefs incorrectly and too broadly -- and I don't have the sense that Quammen has much of a spiritual life as a result. Most importantly, Quammen simply ignores the fa......more

Goodreads review by Wayne on May 30, 2020

"...our public lands are among the best things about being an American. And they are worth fighting for - with zeal and grit. Against the Bundys, right-wing politicians, the fossil fuel industry, climate [change] deniers, those who want to privatize, and militias. Our land has never faced so many th......more

Goodreads review by Ramona on April 21, 2020

This is a truly epic read. It covers everything you could possibly want to know about the Bundy family and their battle against the federal government over public lands. Starting with Jospeh Smith and going all the way up to the Trump administration, the author weaves together threads that seem rand......more

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