This Land: How Cowboys, Capitalism, and Corruption are Ruining the American West

“A big, bold book about public lands . . . The Desert Solitaire of our time.” —Outside

A hard-hitting look at the battle now raging over the fate of the public lands in the American West—and a plea for the protection of these last wild places

The public lands of the western United States comprise some 450 million acres of grassland, steppe land, canyons, forests, and mountains. It's an American commons, and it is under assault as never before.

Journalist Christopher Ketcham has been documenti...