The Backbone of the World: A Portrait of the Vanishing West Along the Continental Divide

In recent years, Los Angeles Times writer and editor Frank Clifford has journeyed along the Continental Divide, the hemispheric watershed that spans North America from the alkali badlands of southernmost New Mexico to the roof of the Rockies in Montana and into Canada. The result is The Backbone of the World, an arresting exploration of America’s longest wilderness corridor, a harsh and unforgiving region inhabited by men and women whose way of l...

By Frank Clifford
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Broadway Books; Reprint edition (May 13, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780767907026
ISBN-13: 978-0767907026
ASIN: 0767907027
Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.5 x 8 inches
Amazon Rank: 2027700
Format: PDF ePub djvu ebook

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This is not a romantic take, by any means, on Western America, but it is a book that needs to be read by everyone - those who believe in saving the environment and those who seek to destroy. It's not only a story of the vanishing West, but also of t

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