Trust Book Club: Unreal City

 by Ellen Heyn, Communications Associate

Attention all bookworms!

The Trust's Unreal City Book Club is just two months away—crack open your copy and start reading today! Named an Amazon "Best Book of the Year" in 2014, Unreal City explains how the struggle over land, water, and power shaped the American Southwest. Author Judith Nies will join us remotely on April 23, 2016 for a conversation about politics, resources, and native lands. Hurry and reserve your spot before spaces run out!

About the book

In this story of raw deals, cultural injustices, and political maneuvering, journalist Judith Nies uncovers the hidden history of the struggle over 21 billion tons of coal beneath Black Mesa that fueled the growth of Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Los Angeles. From mob connections and the Hoover Dam to Indian boarding schools and tribal relocation, the book is filled with cultural collisions and surprises.

Unreal City is a thriller equal to any fiction out there…Nies takes us from the halls of political power to the boardrooms of industry to the mesa-top villages and hogans of Black Mesa to tell this story of the energy demands of southwestern cities and the impact on traditional Native Americans.

– Lucy Moore, environmental mediator and author 

Q&A with the author

Please join us on April 23, 2016 at 2 pm for our book club discussion with Judith Nies. We'll gather at the Trust Homestead in Flagstaff, and Nies will tune in remotely from her home in Massachusetts. The event is limited to 15 people, and advance registration is required. Contact Ellen Heyn (928-774-7488 or eheyn@grandcanyontrust.org) to reserve your spot today!

Keep an eye on the Trust blog for our next book club selection.

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