In her latest book, “True West: Myth and Mending on the Far Side of America,” Betsy Gaines Quammen takes a deep look into the myths of the West and how we our future lies in the balance
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Betsy Gaines Quammen is a historian and conservationist. She received a doctorate in Environmental History from Montana State University in 2017, with her dissertation focusing on Mormon settlement and public land conflicts. It led to the publishing of her book American Zion. She has studied various religious traditions over the years, with particular attention to how cultures view landscape and wildlife. She lives in Bozeman, Montana with her husband, the writer David Quammen, their "three huge dogs, an overweight cat, and a pretty big python named Boots."
