Betsy Gaines Quammen

American Zion

Cliven Bundy, God & Public Lands in the West

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Produktbeschreibung

American Zion is the story of the Bundys, a Mormon family famous for their armed conflicts on western public lands.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Torrey House Press
• Seitenzahl: 370
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. März 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 206mm x 135mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9781948814140
• ISBN-10: 1948814145
• Artikelnr.: 55031365

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

American Zion: Cliven Bundy, God & Public Lands in the West
By Betsy Gaines Quammen
Table of Contents
Preface
Section 1: Convergence
Chapter 1: Magician and Prophet: Joseph Smith's New Church
Chapter 2: Nephi Johnson, John D. Lee, and Rockwell Porter: The Building of
the Mormon Militia
Chapter 3: Silver, Cattle, and Conflict: Zion on Top of Sacred Paiute Land
Section 2: Conflict
Chapter 4: Charles Redd and Escalante: The American Romance with Utah's
Canyonlands vs. the Mormon Cowboy
Chapter 5: Robert Redford's Effigy: Local Anger and the Rise of Retaliation
Chapter 6: Bloody Mary and Cliven Bundy: Taking on the Bureau of Land
Management
Section 3: Confrontation
Chapter 7: The Mormon Militia and the American Patriots: Building Bundy's
Army
Chapter 8: Standoff, Takeover, and Consequences: The Ritual of Rebellion
and the Downfall of Dan Love
Chapter 9: Bundy's Roadshow: Spreading Anti-government Sentiment one
Western Revival at a Time
Epilogue: Ryan Zinke, Gold Butte, and the Will of We the People