"Saints, Sinners, and Sovereign Citizens explores the history of grazing rights on the West's lucrative public lands and the battles between the Bureau of Land Management and ranchers for their use. The April 2014 armed standoff between Bunkerville rancher Cliven Bundy and armed militia allies against federal officers serves as the backdrop to the story of a conservative political movement and the resurgence of the radical right in the American West"--...

"The public lands of the western United States comprise some 450 million acres of grassland, steppe land, canyons, forests, and mountains. It's an American commons, and it is under assault as never before. Journalist Christopher Ketcham has been documenting the confluence of commercial exploitation and governmental misconduct in this region for over a decade. His revelatory book takes the reader on a journey across these last wild places, to see how...