Closing out the Euro-American conquest of the West, expropriated tribal landscapes became Indigenous-free parks and monuments. Now tribes are turning the tables by using the national monument as a way to get back something of what was taken. Read it here.
To discover the truth of the moment, trust words written at the time, not later, when the writer may have a different agenda. Read it here.
With so many self-published books flooding the market, too many good titles languish unnoticed. Here's an example.
Borrowing a turn from Henry David Thoreau, John Muir championed moving over the landscape in a way that underscored its sacred quality. He had a point. Read it here.
The hate, fear, and loathing in the headlines spring in part from America's struggles dating back more than a century. History doesn't repeat, but it does rhyme. Read it here.
The poltically ambitious Noem chose to shoot her troubling pointer in a gravel pit, while Muir took a major life lesson from his challenging canine companion. Read it here.
As Cast out of Eden rolls off the press today, keep in mind that commonplace saying, "You can't tell a book by its cover." Like a lot of things we've been told, that's just plain wrong. Read it here.
Take a guess: How did the acreage offered to land-grant universities under the Morrill Act become the federal government's to give away? Read it here.
Every year it happens: only one spin of the earth separates John Muir's birthday on this coming Sunday, April 21, from Earth Day on Monday, April 22. The two dates aren't actually related, but then again they are, sort of. Read it here.
In the end the thrashing taught the exact opposite lesson Muir's abusive father intended. Instead of breaking John, it drove him to escape into a wider, wilder world. Read it here.