The Bears Ears: A Human History of America's Most Endangered Wilderness [Paperback]

A personal and historical exploration of the Bears Ears country and the fight to save a national monument. David Roberts has long been one of our most thoughtful and adventurous scribes of the American outback and, with A fascinating account of the human history of the Bears Ears, a remote wilderness in the southeastern corner of Utah. This book is a paean from David Roberts to the Bears Ears country, his favorite place on earth. His stories will win you to his wildernesseven from your armchair. David Roberts weaves together history, archaeology, and his personal experiences to reveal the fabric of Bears Ears National Monument. Stories dwell in every canyon and alcove, and Roberts reads this majestic landscape with the practiced eye of a skilled guide. If you want to know the histories embedded in this highly contested monument, this is a must-read. A masterfully rendered portrait of Bears Ears as an endangered land worth celebrating and protecting. Roberts latest combines research, journalism, and memoir in a satisfying whole that will please fans of his earlier books of both travel in wild places and key moments in Native American history. [It is] at the top of the half-dozen books recently published on Bears Ears and a pleasure for travelers in the Southwest. US