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atlas Atlases. Autobiographies. bibliography Biographies. biography Biography. map Maps.Ketcham, Christopher
Summary: "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 documenting the confluence of commercial exploitation and governmental misconduct in this region for over a decade. His revelatory book takes the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.73 KETMichigan
Contents: Region 1. Upper Peninsula -- Region 2. Northern Lower Peninsula -- Region 3. Southern Lower Peninsula.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [The Dept.] 1965
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5 available in Nelson Room Oversize, Call number: R OVS NEL 912.774 Michigan 1950Call number: R OVS NEL 912.774 Michigan 1954
Call number: R OVS NEL 912.774 Michigan 1961 Vol. 1
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Call number: R OVS NEL 912.774 Michigan 1961 Vol. 3
New York (State)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Printed by Packard & Benthuysen 1825
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.3747 NewDyer, Albion Morris.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1969
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.3771 Dyer,Kenyon, Mark
Summary: "From prominent outdoorsman and nature writer Mark Kenyon comes an engrossing reflection on the past and future battles over our most revered landscapes--America's public lands. Every American is a public-land owner, inheritor to the largest public-land trust in the world. These vast expanses provide a home to wildlife populations, a vital source of clean air and water, and a haven for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little A 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KENYON, MARK KENSchweber, Nate
Summary: In late-1940s America, few writers commanded attention like Bernard DeVoto. Alongside his brilliant wife and editor, Avis, DeVoto was a firebrand of American liberty, free speech, and perhaps our greatest national treasure: public lands. But when a corrupt band of lawmakers, led by Senator Pat McCarran, sought to quietly cede millions of acres of national parks and other western lands to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.78 SCHLinklater, Andro.
Summary: Linklater's fascinating, provocative and eye-opening story of why America has ended up with its unique system of weights and measures, is explained in this volume that also shows how it has shaped the culture and country.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker & Co. 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 LINPeterson, Tony J.
Summary: "Tony J. Peterson has been bowhunting whitetails for over 25 years and has a resume of mature bucks taken on public land that rivals the best deer hunters in the country. Throughout this books, Peterson lays out his entire strategy for finding quality ground, as well as how he scouts and hunts individual properties from opening morning to the last day of the season. Whether you bowhunt public...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Tony J. Peterson] 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799.2 PETSummary: Shows public lands, including parks, forests, recreation and hunting areas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DeLorme 2001
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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: R NEL 912.774 MICCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Reference, Call number: REF 912.774 MICDeLorme (Firm)
Summary: Shows public lands, including parks, forests, recreation and hunting areas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DeLorme 2006
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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 912.774 MICLim, Audrea
Summary: "An eye-opening examination of how treating land as a source of profit has a massive impact on racial inequality and the housing, gentrification, and environmental crises. Climate change, gentrification, racial discrimination, and corporate greed are some of the most urgent problems facing our society. They are traditionally treated as unrelated issues, but they all share a common root: the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2024
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Summary: John Muir, the most famous naturalist in American history, protected Yosemite, co-founded the Sierra Club, and is sometimes called the Father of the National Parks. A poor immigrant, self-taught, individualistic, and skeptical of institutions, his idealistic belief in the spiritual benefits of holistic natural systems led him to a philosophy of preserving wilderness unimpaired. Gifford Pinchot...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019