{"product_id":"wayne-aspinall-and-the-shaping-of-the-american-west","title":"Wayne Aspinall and the Shaping of the American West","description":"\u003cp\u003eColorado Congressman Wayne N. Aspinall was variously dubbed the \"Ruler of the Land \" a \"bridge between the old and new Wests \" and the environmental movements \"most durable foe.\" The late David Brower  the notable Sierra Club leader  remarked that the environmental movement had seen \"dream after dream dashed on the stony continents of Wayne Aspinall.\" In Wayne Aspinall and the Shaping of the American West  Steven C. Schulte details a political career that encompassed some of the most crucial years in the development of the twentieth-century West. As chairman of the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee from 1959 to 1973  Aspinall shaped the nations reclamation  land  wilderness  and natural resource policies. His crusty and dtermined personality was at the enter of some of the key environmental battles of the twentieth century  including the Echo Park Dam fight  the struggle for the Wilderness Act  and the long controversy over the Central Arizona Project.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44986191085621,"sku":"ByrdShop_0870816659","price":225.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780870816659.jpg?v=1770891358","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/wayne-aspinall-and-the-shaping-of-the-american-west","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}