Our Common Ground: A History of America's Public Lands
- ISBN-10
- 030023578X
- ISBN-13
- 9780300235784
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 736
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2022-02-08
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Author
- John D. Leshy
Description
The little-known story of how the U.S. government came to hold nearly one-third of the nation's land primarily for recreation and conservation.
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