{"product_id":"shadowlands-fear-and-freedom-at-the-oregon-standoff-hardcover","title":"Shadowlands: Fear and Freedom at the Oregon Standoff - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnthony McCann\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn \"epic exploration\" of the 2016 right-wing Oregon Occupation--an excellent microcosm by which we might better understand our difficult national history and distressing political moment\" (Maggie Nelson).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 2016, a group of armed, divinely inspired right-wing protestors led by Ammon Bundy occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in the high desert of eastern Oregon. Encamped in the shadowlands of the republic, insisting that the Federal government had no right to own public land, the occupiers were seen by a divided country as either dangerous extremists dressed up as cowboys, or as heroes insisting on restoring the rule of the Constitution. From the Occupation's beginnings, to the trials of the occupiers in federal court in downtown Portland and their tumultuous aftermaths, \u003ci\u003eShadowlands \u003c\/i\u003eis the resonant, multifaceted story of one of the most dramatic flashpoints in the year that gave us Donald Trump. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSharing the expansive stage with the occupiers are a host of others--Native American tribal leaders, public-lands ranchers, militia members, environmentalists, federal defense attorneys, and Black Lives Matter activists--each contending in their different ways with the meaning of the American promise of Liberty. Gathering into its vortex the realities of social media technology, history, religion, race, and the environment--this piercing work by Anthony McCann offers us a combination of beautiful writing and high-stakes analysis of our current cultural and political moment. \u003ci\u003eShadowlands \u003c\/i\u003eis a clarifying, exhilarating story of a nation facing an uncertain future and a murky past in a time of great collective reckoning.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnthony McCann \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the poetry collections \u003ci\u003eThing Music\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eI Heart Your Fate \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMoongarden\u003c\/i\u003e. He currently teaches creative writing at the California Institute of the Arts and in the Low-Residency MFA program of the University of California, Riverside. Born and raised in the Hudson Valley, McCann now lives in the Mojave Desert.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 9.3 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 02, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770413908256,"sku":"9781635571202","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3b0d45c88346d25f171937529ee0652f.webp?v=1780371177","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/shadowlands-fear-and-freedom-at-the-oregon-standoff-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}