The world is burning and the seas are rising. How do we navigate this new age of extremes? We're joined by David Gessner, author of A Traveler's Guide to the End of the World.
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This fresh Radio Book Club is full of the latest literary delights grabbing the attention of our hosts from the Grand County Public Library and Back of Beyond Books. Jessie, Shari, and Andy not only host a wide-ranging conversation about books during this episode, but also books
about books! Plus, lots of reads about public lands and Bears Ears. It’s another delightful show that will certainly send you deep into the pages of their recommended reads. Tune in.
Shari’s Reviews + Mentions
The Center of Everything by Jamie Harrison
Keep Sharp: Build a Better Brain at Any Age by Sanjay Gupta
, which President Donald Trump reduced by 2 million acres in 2017. The announcement rekindled tensions in Utah, where national monument designations have been used to add protections to federal public lands for more than 100 years, often over the objections of state leaders.
In order to better understand the history and use of the Antiquities Act, we caught up with David Gessner, author of the new book “
,” by email to help put the current debate into a historical context.
The Salt Lake Tribune: Monument designations have a long history in the Southwest. In fact, the very law that allows presidents to create national monuments on federal public land the Antiquities Act of 1906 originated because of widespread looting of Southwestern cultural sites around the turn of the 20th century. How did the act become law?
It s confusing sometimes, hard to follow, but equally interesting.
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The hike you took felt really good.
The sun rose as you left, and so did your spirits. Your mind unclenched, and you breathed in scenery that no camera could ever capture. It was just what you needed and, as you ll see in Leave It As It Is by David Gessner, to thank the one who made it possible, you may have to hike back over a century. Leave It As It Is: A Journey Through Theodore Roosevelt s American Wilderness by David Gessner. (Contributed image)
Not quite two years after he took office, the president of the United States dismissed his Secret Service agents and went camping with a man he barely knew.