Thompson's investigative chops are impressive.
--SIERRA MAGAZINE
San Juan County, Utah, contains some of the most spectacular landscapes
in the world, rich in natural wonders and Indigenous culture and
history. But it's also long been plagued with racism, bitterness, and
politics as twisted as the beckoning canyons. In 2017, en route to the
Valley of the Gods with his spouse, a Colorado man closed the gate on a
corral. Two weeks later, the couple was facing felony charges.
Award-winning journalist Jonathan P. Thompson places the case in its
fraught historical context and--alongside personal stories from a life
shaped by slickrock and sagebrush--shows why this corner of the western
United States has been at the center of the American public lands wars
for over a century.