The eagle bird

From the man many consider to be the preeminent expert on the law of the American West, comes an indispensable and passionate exploration of the crucial questions the West faces. In The Eagle Bird, already hailed by Wallace Stegner as "the best handbook that I know for anyone who wants to know the history of the West and its probable future," Charles Wilkinson assesses the battles being fought over the region's resources and how the conflict between conservationists and. Developers--once a black-and-white issue--now enmeshes a startling array of interests and constituencies. Wilkinson…