Adam M. Sowards — Taking Bearings

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An Open Pit Visible from the Moon

An Open Pit Visible from the Moon: The Wilderness Act and the Fight to Protect Miners Ridge and the Public Interest. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2020.

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Winner of the 2021 Hal K. Rothman Prize from the Western History Association for the best western environmental history book.

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