Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS IX
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XI
4. PROLOGUE: FROM SEATO SEA 1
5. 1. The Public Lands 8
6. 2. Land Grabbers, the Law, and the Prophets 32
7. 3. Congress Guards the Land 54
8. 4. The Fall of Albert B. Fall 82
9. 5. The Federal Sentinels 100
10. 6. Winnowing the Laws 126
11. 7. The Bowels of the Earth 160
12. 8. Pennsylvania, Texas, and Big Oil 194
13. 9. Tidelands and the Outer Shelf 218
14. 10. The Public's Coal, Natural Gas, and Oil Shale 236
15. 11. Fallen Timber 264
16. 12. Come Blow Your Horn 302
17. 13. To Have and to Hold 332
18. 14. A Pilgrim's Progress 366
19. 15. Oil, Ice, and Politics 390
20. 16. Carving the Last Melon 424
21. Epilogue: Looking to the Future 446
22. NOTES 463
23. BIBLIOGRAPHY 499
24. INDEX 519