This Land Is Our Land: How We Lost the Right to Roam and How to Take It Back by Ken Ilgunas ISBN 9780735217850, 9780735217843, 0735217858, 073521784X instant download

This Land Is Our Land: How We Lost the Right to Roam and How to Take It Back by Ken Ilgunas ISBN 9780735217850, 9780735217843, 0735217858, 073521784X instant download

Private property is everywhere. Almost anywhere you walk in the United States, you will spot "No Trespassing" and "Private Property" signs on trees and fence posts. In America, there are more than a billion acres of grassland pasture, cropland, and forest, and miles and miles of coastlines that are mostly closed off to the public. Meanwhile, America's public lands are threatened by extremist groups and right-wing think tanks who call for our public lands to be sold to the highest bidder and closed off to everyone else. If these groups get their way, public property may become private, precious green spaces may be developed, and the common good may be sacrificed for the benefit of the wealthy few.
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Ken Ilgunas, lifelong traveler, hitchhiker, and roamer, takes readers back to the nineteenth century, when Americans were allowed to journey undisturbed across the country.