Savage Dreams - A Journey into the Landscape Wars of the American West

by Solnit, Rebecca

• ISBN13: 9780520220669
• ISBN10: 0520220668
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-03-01
• Publisher: Univ of California Pr

Summary

Think of this as the non-fiction companion to Larry McMurtry's novels about the American West (he's a fan of Solnit's work, his blurb will be on our cover). With characteristic flair and moral force, Solnit narrates the the bloody and continuing wars over land and power in Nevada and Yosemite, with implications for points around and beyond.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Dust, Or Erasing the Future: The Nevada Test Site
From Hell to Breakfast	p. 3
Like Moths to a Candle	p. 38
April Fool's Day	p. 68
Trees	p. 91
Lise Meitner's Walking Shoes	p. 108
Golden Hours and Iron Country	p. 145
Ruby Valley and the Ranch	p. 159
The War	p. 191
Keeping Pace with the Tortoise	p. 204
Water, Or Forgetting the Past: Yosemite National Park
The Rainbow	p. 215
Spectators	p. 228
Framing the View	p. 248
Vanishing (Remaining)	p. 268
Fire in the Garden	p. 294
The Name of the Snake	p. 309
Up the River of Mercy	p. 328
Savage's Grave	p. 355
Full Circle	p. 365
Afterword	p. 386
Sources	p. 390
Index	p. 405
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