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Praise for American Zion

“A deep, fascinating dive into a uniquely American brand of religious zealotry that poses a grave threat to our national parks, wilderness areas, wildlife sanctuaries, and other public lands. American Zion provides essential background for anyone concerned about the future of open space in the western United States. It also happens to be a delight to read.”

—JON KRAKAUER, author of Under the Banner of Heaven

“Brilliant and electrifying … Gaines Quammen’s voice is bright, engaging, and smart. She listens. She is fair. But she is not seduced by cowboy mythology. Her vision calls for an ecological wisdom that can govern our communities, both human and wild, with reverence and respect.”

—TERRY TEMPEST WILLIAMS, author of Erosion

“A fascinating primer on the twisted and nefarious legacy of theology, entitlement, conquest, and patriarchy in the American West.”

—FLORENCE WILLIAMS, author of The Nature Fix

“Betsy Gaines Quammen has accomplished something I thought impossible: combining a rich historical account of the Mormon push west and the accompanying conception of ‘Zion’ with cleareyed reporting on the Bundys. This book is like a skeleton key, unlocking so many complicated, and largely unquestioned, myths of the West.”

—ANNE HELEN PETERSEN, BuzzFeed News

“A creative, deeply thoughtful work on the origins, dynamics, and consequences of the Bundy legacy.”

—JEDEDIAH ROGERS, author of Roads in the Wilderness

“I find the author’s sense of the tribal perspectives spot on and sensitive. I enjoyed American Zion immensely—Betsy is a great storyteller!”

—WALTER FLEMING, department head and professor of Native American Studies, Montana State University

“What J. D. Vance did with Hillbilly Elegy to explain small-town Appalachian angst, Gaines Quammen has done with American Zion to help people understand the long and convoluted issues in the American West.”

—THANE MAYNARD, co-author with Jane Goodall of Hope for Animals and Their World

“Historian Betsy Gaines Quammen recounts the history of Mormons in America to help us understand how a painful abyss has formed between some of that religion’s believers and management of national public lands. Such understanding is essential for those of us working to cross that divide.”

—MARY O’BRIEN, author of Making Better Environmental Decisions

“A thorough and thoughtful analysis of the challenges we face in managing our public lands and an argument for why these lands should remain in public hands.”

—JAMES LYONS, former deputy assistant secretary, US Department of the Interior

“An empathetic and clear-eyed account of the intersections of faith, conservation, and Native rights in the skirmishes over western public lands.”

—ANDREA AVANTAGGIO, Maria’s Bookshop

“Well-researched and compelling … Gaines Quammen is a natural storyteller.”

—ARIANA PALIOBAGIS, Country Bookshelf