The Solace of Open Spaces
Twelve Essays Set In The Remote Ranching Communities Of Northern Wyoming. The Solace Of Open Spaces — Obituary — Other Lives — About Men — From A Sheepherder’s Notebook — Friends, Foes, And Working Animals — The Smooth Skull Of Winter — Water — Just Married — Rules Of The Game — To Live In …
The Cloister Walk
Why would a married woman with a thoroughly Protestant background and often more doubt than faith be drawn to the ancient practice of monasticism, to a community of celibate men whose days are centered around a rigid schedule of prayer, work, and scripture? This is the question that Kathleen Norris herself asks as, somewhat to …
Theodore Roosevelt: A Strenuous Life
theodore Roosevelt Made Himself The Hero Of His Own Strenuous Life. He Transformed Himself From A Sickly And Fearful Patrician Boy Into A Fiercely Adventurous – And Always Active – Hunter, Sportsman, Writer, Politician, And Finally President. But One Self-making Was Never Enough For Tr. He Slowly Fashioned Himself Into A Man Of The People, …
Where Rivers Change Direction
Mark Spragg’s collection of essays renders an unforgettable story of an adolescence spent on the oldest dude ranch in Wyoming – a remote spread on the Shoshone National Forest, the largest block of unfenced wilderness in the lower forty-eight states.. “On the occasion of buying his first horse, Spragg earns a rare day-off from work …
Ladies of the Canyons: A League of Extraordinary Women and Their Adventures in the American Southwest
Ladies Of The Canyons Is The True Story Of A Group Of Remarkable Women Whose Lives Were Transformed By The People And Landscape Of The American Southwest In The First Decades Of The Twentieth Century–provided By Publisher. Prologue : Ladies Of The Canyons — Imperfectly Independent — Land Of Ineffable Light — Capturing The Wind …
Temperance Creek: A Memoir
In The Early Seventies, Some Of Us Were Shot Like Stars From Our Parents Homes. This Was An Act Of Nature, Bigger Than Ourselves. In The Austere Beauty And Natural Reality Of Hell’s Canyon Of Eastern Oregon, One Hundred Miles From Pavement, Pam, Unable To Identify With Her Parent’s World And Looking For Deeper Pathways …
The Prophet of Dry Hill: Lessons From a Life in Nature
On Dry Hill — A Goodluck Gannet Day — The Use Of Elders — Digging In — An Elemental Life — In Retreat — The Source — Exodus — Epilogue : The Prophet Down The Road. David Gessner.
