American Zion: Cliven Bundy, God & Public Lands in the West

American Zion is a well-written narrative linking Mormon history and beliefs with attitudes about land use and government in the American west. Essentially it explains how people like Cliven and Ammon Bundy became willing to die for their belief that federal land belongs to them to use as they see fit. These are not mainstream Mormon attitudes, but the Bundys have a whole lot of sympathizers who consider any attempt to regulate federal lands as g...read more