In this poignant look at the thirty-year journey of one of our countryunwilling to stand idly by and watch this treasured place disappear.Rick Bass...
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Apr 08, 2010
Andy
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Rick Bass is an author who grew up in Houston, went to college, worked as a geologist and then moved and settled in the Yaak valley, a remote area in Northwestern Montana. This book explores why he chose to live there and of his efforts to preserve the area.
He describes the environmental issues, the political battles but most interesting to me were his descriptions of interacting with the other residents of the Yaak valley, some allies, many strongly opposed to his efforts. Later chapters d More...
He describes the environmental issues, the political battles but most interesting to me were his descriptions of interacting with the other residents of the Yaak valley, some allies, many strongly opposed to his efforts. Later chapters d More...
Feb 02, 2011
Sherry (sethurner)
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I checked out this book at the suggestion of a friend who admired it. My problem going in was that I imagined it to be more of a memoir, when in truth it is a collection of essays. Bass, a sometimes writing of short fiction and poet, has spent much of his life as an activist in Montana, working on environmental issues. The chapter titles of the book suggest its contents: Why I Came West, Landscape and Imagination, The Community of Glaciers, Wood, Oil, The Poison of Language, Fourteen Gardens,
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Sep 16, 2009
Heather
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Had to read this in order to edit a scanned digital version for the blind/visually impaired, but I'm glad I did. I don't think I have ever met someone this passionate as he is about the place he calls home. It's inspiring.
Sep 17, 2009
David
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Excellent memoir from noted naturalist Rick Bass about his decision to live and fight for the safeguarding of the land through safe logging practices and preserving a portion of the land from development.
Jul 23, 2009
Magnificent prose, drawing parallels between landscape and fiction; a passionate apologia for wild spaces and a plea for saving what's left.
Jan 28, 2009
Clifford
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I've got a lot of respect for Rick Bass and so I was glad to read about his activism. But I found many of the essays in the book somewhat repetitive and, honestly, a little dull.
Jul 21, 2008
Barb
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Rick Bass came to our library this year. I hadn't realized how active he was politically, but his preface that summarized his experience with the Yaak Valley and how he needed to be there really explains my relationship with Telluride and has given me permission to stay.
Nov 16, 2008
Andrea
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I generally love Bass, and parts of this memoir were fantastic, but mostly it is repetitive and a bit conflicted in its purpose.
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