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Five-acre homesteads with views of the Sangre de Cristos for $5,000 might sound like a bargain. But off-grid life in the middle of the San Luis Valley has a distinctly rough aspect, as the author learned when he volunteered to support locals whose lives become precarious when the weather gets cold.
Ted Conover is a master of immersive journalism, but in "Cheap Land Colorado," he doesn't quite grapple with what makes Lauren Boebert's district tick.
For his new book, the journalist Ted Conover joined a community of off-gridders in a desolate corner of the West, capturing lives full of anguish and contradiction.
We sat down with veteran journalist Ted Conover to talk about his new book, "Cheap Land Colorado," his unique style of immersive reporting, and why the San Luis Valley reminds him of "Mad Max."
NONFICTION: Journalist Ted Conover immerses himself in life off the grid in the San Luis Valley of Colorado.