While the National Park Service is widely known\, far fewer Americans are familiar with the Bureau of Land Managemen t&rsquo\;s vast National Conservation Lands&mdash\;thirty-seven million ac res spanning eleven western states and Alaska. Lonesome Landscapes is the first comprehensive history of this system from public domain lan ds to the designation of national monuments and conservation areas in the twenty-first century. Drawing from archives\, interviews\, and field repor ting\, Gulliford reveals the unsung heroes who safeguarded these lands\, f rom pioneering rangers to grassroots advocates in Native American and Hisp anic communities. With vivid stories of explorers\, cowboys\, hermits\, an d even an alligator named Clem\, this book blends scholarship with storyte lling. Lonesome Landscapes is both a definitive history and a cal l to keep America&rsquo\;s wild places in public hands&mdash\;an essential read for anyone passionate about the West.
\nAndrew Gulliford is pr ofessor of history at Fort Lewis College. His books include Boomtown B lues: Colorado Oil Shale\, Sacred Objects and Sacred Places: Pres erving Tribal Traditions\, The Woolly West: Colorado&rsquo\;s Hidden Histo ry of Sheepscapes\, and Bears Ears: Landscape of Refuge and Resis tance.
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