{"product_id":"rewilding-the-west-restoration-in-a-prairie-landscape-paperback","title":"Rewilding the West: Restoration in a Prairie Landscape - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Manning\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The most destructive force in the American West is its commanding views, because they foster the illusion that we command,\" begins Richard Manning's vivid, anecdotally driven account of the American plains from native occupation through the unraveling of the American enterprise to today. As he tells the story of this once rich, now mostly empty landscape, Manning also describes a grand vision for ecological restoration, currently being set in motion, that would establish a prairie preserve larger than Yellowstone National Park, flush with wild bison, elk, bears, and wolves. Taking us to an isolated stretch of central Montana along the upper Missouri River, Manning peels back the layers of history and discovers how key elements of the American story--conservation, the New Deal, progressivism, the yeoman myth, and the idea of private property--have collided with and shaped this incomparable landscape. An account of great loss, \u003ci\u003eRewilding the West \u003c\/i\u003ealso holds out the promise of resurrection--but rather than remake the plains once again, Manning proposes that we now find the wisdom to let the prairies remake us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eManning strips away layers of western myth to tell a story of bad intentions made good, good intentions gone bad, and a wild hope that has endured through decades of ecological trauma. Every word is grounded in a fierce respect for the grasslands of the Missouri Breaks and the opportunity they represent for a radical revisioning of the wild west.--Candace Savage, author of \u003ci\u003ePrairie: a Natural History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eRewilding the West\u003c\/i\u003e accurately and incisively sums up the interwoven story of American agriculture policies, public lands management, and conservation. Richard Manning also points toward positive possibilities in our future. Anyone interested in these matters (most of us in the West) needs to come to terms with his sometimes highly opinionated but ultimately well-reasoned arguments.\"--William Kittredge, author of \u003ci\u003eWho Owns the West\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Willow Field\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Manning \u003c\/b\u003eis an award-winning environmental author and journalist. He has written seven books, including \u003ci\u003eAgainst the Grain: How Agriculture Has Hijacked Civilization, Food's Frontier: The Next Green Revolution, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eGrassland: The Biology, Politics, and Promise of the American Prairie. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 238\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8.77 x 5.68 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 09, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751392739616,"sku":"9780520267954","price":43.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ee0da3bfa47b439a831441067eb49036.webp?v=1779972266","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/rewilding-the-west-restoration-in-a-prairie-landscape-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}