Chosen Country
A Rebellion in the West
Henry Holt and Co. · Print & ebook · May 22, 2018
"Whoever you are, whatever side you’re on, if you care about the American west and what’s happening to it, read this book." —Caroline Fraser, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Prairie Fires An extraordinary inside look at America’s militia movement that shows a country at the crossroads of class, culture, and insurrection.
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- Who it’s for
- A raw, restless account of a rural uprising and the fault lines running through American life.
- Genres
- 21st-Century America, Western U.S. History, Radical Politics
- Published
- Henry Holt and Co., May 22, 2018
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"Whoever you are, whatever side you’re on, if you care about the American west and what’s happening to it, read this book." —Caroline Fraser, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Prairie Fires An extraordinary inside look at America’s militia movement that shows a country at the crossroads of class, culture, and insurrection. In a remote corner of Oregon, James Pogue found himself at the heart of a rebellion.
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Granted unmatched access by Ammon Bundy to the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Pogue met ranchers and militiamen ready to die fighting the federal government. He witnessed the fallout of communities riven by politics and the danger (and allure) of uncompromising religious belief. The occupation ended in the shooting death of one rancher, the imprisonment of dozens more, and a firestorm over the role of government that engulfed national headlines. In a raw and restless narrative that roams the same wild terrain as his literary forebears Edward Abbey and Hunter S. Thompson, Pogue's Chosen Country examines the underpinnings of this rural uprising and struggles to reconcile diverging ideas of freedom, tracing a cultural fault line that spans the nation.
Western Fault Lines
A raw, restless account of a rural uprising and the fault lines running through American life.
Come here for
- A close view of militia politics in the American West
- Questions of freedom, belief, and federal power
Expect
- Communities divided by politics and religious conviction
- An unsettled look at competing ideas of freedom
Where it sits
| 21st-Century America | 40% |
|---|---|
| Western U.S. History | 26% |
| Radical Politics | 22% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Rural Life
- Authors
- James Pogue
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Co.
- Published
- May 22, 2018
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Rural Life