By C. Brant Short
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1938- , Reagan, Ronald. --Dept. ,--1938- , Reagan, Ronald. Page i Ronald Reagan and the Public Lands Number 10 The Environmental History Series Martin V. Melosi, General Editor Page ii Page iii Ronald Reagan and the Public Lands America's Conservation Debate, 19791984 C. Brant Short COLLEGE STATION TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY PRESS Page iv Copyright © 1989 by C. 48-1984. Binding materials have been chosen for durability. Brant Short. 1st ed. cm. 10) Bibliography: p. Includes index. of the Interior.
Ravenscroft insisted that Thomas Jefferson "gave the nation one tax free year by selling the public lands in the Ohio River Valley. "28 From Ravenscroft's description, America's third president was also its first sagebrush rebel. Western politicians, too, were eager to exploit the rhetorical link between the Revolution and the rebellion. S. " Another rebel proponent, Sen. James McClure, charged that the "original colonies got complete dominion over their own lands by revolution. '' Calvin Black, a county commissioner from southern Utah, also employed the Revolutionary War analogy.
More important, rebellion speakers were granted national audiences in addresses before the National Association of Counties in Louisville and the National Association of Realtors in Las Vegas. " 25 An examination of rebel rhetoric reveals consistent arguments and appeals employed by the various sagebrush organizations. The Revolutionary War became the movement's fundamental image for argumentation, finding expression in nearly every rebel speech, interview, essay, and pamphlet. A highly charged symbol, the American Revolution has been used rhetorically in numerous political causes.