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Publisher Description: This Book Recounts My Journey Through The Colorado Plateau, A Journey Through Place And Time And Self ... During My Explorations Of More Than Three Decades, I Found A Land That Sears Into My Heart And Soul, A Place That Has Taught Me And Changed Me. I Also Discovered A Land Of Conflict And Endurance, A Land That Has Given Birth To One Of The Great Chapters In American History.--the Introduction The Colorado Plateau, Stretching Across Four States And Covering Nearly 80 Million Acres, Is One Of The Most Unique And Spectacular Landscapes In The World. Remote, Rugged, And Dry -- At Once Forlorn And Glorious --^ It Is A Separate Place, A Place With Its Own Distinctive Landscape, History, And Future. In Fire On The Plateau, Legal Scholar And Writer Charles Wilkinson Relates The Powerful Story Of How, Over The Past Thirty Years, He Has Been Drawn Ever More Deeply Into The Redrock Country And Indian Societies Of The Colorado Plateau. His Work In The Early 1970s As Staff Attorney For The Newly Formed Native American Rights Fund Brought Him Into Close Contact With Navajo And Hopi People. His Growing Friendships With American Indians And Increasing Understanding Of Thei
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Diane Sylvain
- Publisher
- Island Press/Shear water books
- Published
- 1999
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781559636476
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Fiction, Nature, Travel
- Rating
- 4.11 / 5 (8 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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