Patricia Nelson Limerick, professor of History at the University of Colorado Boulder and chair of the board at the Center of the American West, reads from The Western Paradox: A Conservation Reader by Bernard DeVoto.These readings, from the Words to Stir the Soul series hosted by the Center of the American West, are an occasional feature of Colorado Matters.
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