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Title: The Big Sky Reader: A Treasury of the Best Writing from Big Sky Journal by Allen Jones, Jeff Wetmore ISBN: 0-312-19362-9 Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Selections from a literary Field and Stream
Comment: "Big Sky Journal," based in Bozeman, Montana, is for the most part a celebration of the great outdoors, a kind of literary Field and Stream. This "treasury" of articles from the journal features a fair number of accounts of fishing and hunting, but if that's not your interest, there's more here to choose from. I particularly enjoyed Kim Zupan's reminiscences of riding in punkin roller rodeos, Ralph Beer's humorous essay on restoring a 1930s Montana State Highway Department snowplow, and Fred Haefele's mini-memoir of working as a timber faller. Laugh-out-loud hilarious is Jon Jackson's account of a 1972 cross-country trip with Raymond Carver in what turns out to be a stolen car.
A section on rivers includes Annick Smith's appreciation of the Big Blackfoot, the centerpiece of Norman Mclean's much-loved "A River Runs Through It." Rick Bass captures that self-effacing, wonky pride of long-time Montana residents in his essay about a rain-soaked fishing trip on the Yaak River. John Barsness describes an archaeological dig along the Missouri River, unearthing the site of a fort that burned down in 1844.
The spirit of Edward Abbey also infuses the pages of this book. Doug Peacock (inspiration for the Monkey Wrench Gang's Hayduke) has a fishing essay, and Ralph Beer writes an "apology" for being once angered by Abbey's famous diatribe against ranching. I happily recommend this book for lovers of the outdoors and good writing and to anyone whose imagination is inspired by the mountains, prairies, and rivers of Big Sky country.
Rating: 5
Summary: Incredible!!
Comment: The best collection of writing about the West I have ever read!
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Title: Sketches from the Ranch: A Montana Memoir by Dan Aadland, Nik Carpenter ISBN: 087605078X Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Homestead by Annick Smith ISBN: 1571312137 Publisher: Milkweed Editions Pub. Date: 01 October, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind by Ivan Doig ISBN: 0156899825 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 19 February, 1980 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: In This We are Native: Memoirs and Journeys by Annick Smith ISBN: 1585742465 Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Earth Is Enough: Growing Up in a World of Fly Fishing, Trout, & Old Men by Harry Middleton ISBN: 0871088746 Publisher: Pruett Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 February, 1996 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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