This America Of Ours: Bernard and Avis DeVoto and the Forgotten Fight to Save the Wild Local Artist From national parks and state

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Location: Kane County and San Juan County

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This America Of Ours: Bernard and Avis DeVoto and the Forgotten Fight to Save the Wild Local Artist From national parks and stateThe untold story of the extraordinary fight to defend American wilderness from McCarthyism, and the radical couple who led the chargeand inspired a future of conservation. In late 1940s America, few writers commanded attention like Bernard DeVoto. Alongside his brilliant wife and editor, Avis, DeVoto was a firebrand of American liberty, free speech, and perhaps our greatest national treasure: public lands. But when a corrupt band of lawmakers, led by