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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: John L. SmithPublisher: University of Nevada Press Imprint: University of Nevada Press Edition: 1 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.680kg ISBN: 9781948908900ISBN 10: 1948908905 Pages: 328 Publication Date: 30 March 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsPROLOGUE Back Road to Gold Butte PART ONE We Join the Revolution Already in Progress PART TWO You Don't Need a Reason to Start a Revolution PART THREE Ghost Dancing Through Deseret PART FOUR Saddle Born PART FIVE The Senator from Searchlight PART SIX When the Cows Come Home…to Roost EPILOGUE Lonesome Bull Selected Bibliography Acknowledgments Notes IndexReviewsMost of America still finds Cliven Bundy and his war against the Fed incoherent, because most of us are clueless about western public land ranching and puzzled by the country's right-wing militias. In yet another of his first-rate pieces of investigative journalism, veteran Nevada writer John Smith puts you on the inside of both stories. --Dan Flores, New York Times bestselling author Sometimes history seems not to make sense but to be a riot of discordant ideas, weird cultural tides, and deluded personalities. As John L. Smith tells the tale, the showdown between law enforcement officers and misnamed patriots at Cliven Bundy's Nevada ranch in 2014 included all that and more. If you seek to know the birthplace of our post-factual world, Smith offers a prime candidate. From rangeland to courtroom, Bundy and his sons have helped to create a dangerous new American West where theater is reality and truth is whatever the loudest shouter claims it to be. --William deBuys, author of A Great Aridness and The Last Unicorn This is a thoroughly modern western: a classic cast of cowboys and vigilantes keenly savvy about social media and talk-show soundbites. As Smith deftly demonstrates, Bundy's Range War provoked on-going internecine battles over public lands that fuel much of the bitter partisanism at the core of contemporary American politics. --Sara Dant, author of Losing Eden: An Environmental History of the American West What this author brings to the table is a deep understanding of Nevada history and the political rivers running through it. Unlike other writers, he understands the state and the players as well as anyone. --Geoff Schumacher, author of Howard Hughes: Power, Paranoia and Palace Intrigue What this author brings to the table is a deep understanding of Nevada history and the political rivers running through it. Unlike other writers [on this subject], he understands the state and the players as well as anyone. - Geoff Schumacher, author of Howard Hughes: Power, Paranoia and Palace Intrigue and others What this author brings to the table is a deep understanding of Nevada history and the political rivers running through it. Unlike other writers [on this subject], he understands the state and the players as well as anyone. -- Geoff Schumacher, author of Howard Hughes: Power, Paranoia and Palace Intrigue and others "What this author brings to the table is a deep understanding of Nevada history and the political rivers running through it. Unlike other writers [on this subject], he understands the state and the players as well as anyone."" — Geoff Schumacher, author of Howard Hughes: Power, Paranoia and Palace Intrigue and others" Author InformationNevada native, John L. Smith is a freelance writer, journalist, and author of more than a dozen books, including The Westside Slugger: Joe Neal's Lifelong Fight for Social Justice. He writes an award-winning weekly column for The Nevada Independent, and is a contributor to Nevada Public Radio's “State of Nevada” and a wide range of publications. An award-winning columnist, in 2016 he was inducted into the Nevada Press Association Hall of Fame. In the same year, Smith and his colleagues were honored with the James Foley Medill Medal for Courage in Journalism, the Ancil Payne Award from the University of Oregon, and the Society of Professional Journalists Award for Ethics. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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