Download or read book The Nation's Largest Landlord written by James R. Skillen and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive history of the Bureau of Land Management, the federal agency that manages a vast assortment of nameless lands in the American West. Details the agency's history of limited political power and chronically uncertain mission.