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Mountain & Prairie with Ed RobersonBetsy Gaines Quammen Returns - Myths, Curiosity, and Human Connection (Live at the Old Salt Festival)Betsy Gaines Quammen is a Montana-based historian and writer whose work explores the history and myths of the American West and how those stories have endured and shaped life in the region today. Betsy joined me on the podcast several years ago to discuss her amazing book, American Zion: Cliven Bundy, God, and Public Lands in the West, and since then, she’s published another must-read: True West: Myth and Mending on the Far Side of America. In True West, Betsy meets face-to-face with a wide range of folks here in the West– from militia members to hardcore environmentalists– and se...2025-02-0755 min
Read With Your Ears, Explore With Your Heart With Full AudiobookTrue West: Myth and Mending on the Far Side of America Audiobook by Betsy Gaines QuammenListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 777210
Title: True West: Myth and Mending on the Far Side of America
Author: Betsy Gaines Quammen
Narrator: Rebecca Gallagher
Format: Unabridged
Length: 12:39:40
Language: English
Release date: 06-25-24
Publisher: Tantor Media
Genres: Politics, Public Policy, Political Ideologies
Summary:
From the Northern Rockies to the Southwest deserts, Betsy Gaines Quammen explores how myths shape our identities, heighten polarizations, and fracture our shared understanding of the world around us. As she investigates the origins and effects of myths of the American West, Gaines Quammen travels through small towns and big...2024-06-2512h 39
Listen to New Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsTrue West: Myth and Mending on the Far Side of America by Betsy Gaines QuammenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/777210 to listen full audiobooks. Title: True West: Myth and Mending on the Far Side of America Author: Betsy Gaines Quammen Narrator: Rebecca Gallagher Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 39 minutes Release date: June 25, 2024 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: From the Northern Rockies to the Southwest deserts, Betsy Gaines Quammen explores how myths shape our identities, heighten polarizations, and fracture our shared understanding of the world around us. As she investigates the origins and effects of myths of the American West, Gaines Quammen travels through small towns and big cities, engaging people and...2024-06-2530 min
The Write Question“The truth of the West is a constellation”: Betsy Gaines Quammen discusses ‘Myth and Mending on the Far Side of America’This week on ‘The Write Question,’ host Lauren Korn speaks with historian and author Betsy Gaines Quammen about ‘True West: Myth and Mending on the Far Side of America’ (Torrey House Press).2024-05-3129 minThe Write Question“The truth of the West is a constellation”: Betsy Gaines Quammen discusses ‘Myth and Mending on the Far Side of America’This week on ‘The Write Question,’ host Lauren Korn speaks with historian and author Betsy Gaines Quammen about ‘True West: Myth and Mending on the Far Side of America’ (Torrey House Press).2024-05-3129 min
Future NaturesLand, democracy, identityAntonia Malchik is the author of a forthcoming book entitled ‘No Trespassing: How the ancient struggle for ownership, private property and the rights of the commons will define our future’. Antonia regularly writes online about ownership, property and what we lose in the privatization of the commons through her Substack newsletter, ‘On the Commons’. In this episode, we trace the histories of enclosure into the current structures of ownership and privatization. Focusing primarily on the United States, Antonia raises some nuanced and refreshing insights into how enclosure relates to urban mobility, contemporary environmentalism, and democracy.With a kn...2024-05-071h 18
Idaho MattersFrom Yellowstone to the Bundys, this new book reconsiders the toxicity of our modern myths Betsy Gaines Quammen is the author of True West, Myth and Mending on the Far Side of America.( Torrey House Press, Betsy Gaines Quammen)Betsy Gaines Quammen, who chronicled the infamy of the Bundy family in the bestselling American Zion, says that experience inspired her to further examine the truths and myths of modern American western culture. The result is her new book, True West.“The onslaught of misinformation has attached itself to the Western myth in the last few years, leaving outright lies embedded in Western legends,” said Quammen. “And people have built their own versions of the...2024-04-1113 min
The LandscapeTalking public lands extremism with Betsy Gaines QuammenKate and Aaron are joined by author Betsy Gaines Quammen to talk about public lands and extremism. Betsy has written two books about extremism in the West. Her first, American Zion, looks at the connection between Mormonism and extremism. Her second book, True West, which came out last year, digs into the myths that define the West.
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California tribe that lost 90% of land during Gold Rush to get site to serv...2024-03-281h 02The LandscapeTalking public lands extremism with Betsy Gaines QuammenKate and Aaron are joined by author Betsy Gaines Quammen to talk about public lands and extremism. Betsy has written two books about extremism in the West. Her first, American Zion, looks at the connection between Mormonism and extremism. Her second book, True West, which came out last year, digs into the myths that define […]
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The Bookshop PodcastThe Heart of the Community: Inside Bozeman's Country BookshelfSend us a textHave you ever wandered into a bookstore and felt like you've come home? That's the magic Ariana Paliobagis, owner of Country Bookshop and her team, weaves in Bozeman, Montana. In this episode, I speak with store manager Jamie Winter about the rich literary landscape of Montana, where names like Ivan Doig and Betsy Gaines Quammen are as much a part of the territory as the Rocky Mountains. Country Bookshelf is a local, independent bookstore located in historic downtown Bozeman, Montana. It’s the place where people go to feel part of thei...2024-02-1918 min