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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $72, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXRKY109)		  
Montana, High, Wide, and Handsome  •  Joseph Kinsey Howard  •  William Kittredge  •  Alfred Guthrie
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  2003 •  PAPER  • 347 PAGES
A classic history, first published in 1943, this delightful book is a spirited, appreciative testimony to the great prairie, its indigenous peoples, geography, climate, turf battles, economy and environment by an early newspaperman. This new edition includes a preface by William Kittredge. (USW50, $16.95)		   Montana, High, Wide, and Handsome
Bad Land, An American Romance  •  Jonathan Raban
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  1997 •  PAPER  • 416 PAGES
Raban captures the spirit of rural America -- and the optimism of homesteaders on the Montana Prairie -- in this lovely tale weaving history, anecdote and travel. Winner of the National Book Award. (USW408, $15.95)		   Bad Land, An American Romance
The Last Best Place, A Montana Anthology  •  William Kittredge
ANTHOLOGY •  2003 •  PAPER  • 1158 PAGES
Farmer-turned-writer Kittredge collects historic and contemporary writings on Montana -- a monumental undertaking justified by the diversity of memoirs, stories and history included. The selections range from Native American myths, to pioneer accounts, and contemporary fiction and poetry. Kittredge introduces each chapter and selection. (USW55, $40.00)		   The Last Best Place, A Montana Anthology
Recreational Map of Western Montana  •  GTR Mapping
MAP
A very good fold-out map of Western Montana at a scale of 1:790,000 showing topography, parks and wilderness areas, cities, towns and roads. With mileage chart, index and points of interest. Two Sides. 33x24 inches. (RKY86, $3.95)		   Recreational Map of Western Montana



Also Recommended

Glacier/Waterton Lakes National Parks Map  •  Trails Illustrated    •  A detailed topographic map of Glacier and Waterton national Parks (USW96, $11.95)
 		  
Recreational Map of Eastern Montana  •  GTR Mapping    •  An excellent fold-out map of Eastern Montana at a scale of 1:790,000 showing topography, parks and wilderness areas, cities, towns and roads. With mileage chart, index and points of interest. Two Sides. 33x24 inches. (RKY121, $3.95)
 		  
Exploring Glacier National Park  •  Jane Gildart  •  Bert Gildart   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This excellent naturalist's overview of Glacier National Park includes the region's geologic history, flora, fauna and insider recommendations for hikes, visitor sites and other outdoor activities. With color and black-and-white photos and sketch maps. (RKY19, $15.95)
 		  
Montana Atlas & Gazetteer  •  DeLorme Mapping   • REFERENCE  •  Outstanding color maps of Montana, including Glacier National Park. (USW60, $19.95)
 		  
Yellowstone, A Visitor's Companion  •  George Wuerthner   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A handbook to the geology, ecology, wildlife and plants of Yellowstone. With photographs, a bird list, and brief field guide with black-and-white drawings. (USW54, $15.95)
 		  
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, An Indian History of the American West  •  Dee Brown   • HISTORY  •  An unsettling history of the violent conquest of the Native Americans of the West, from 1860-1890, as told by members of the tribes themselves. Thirtieth-anniversary edition. (USW288, $17.00)
 		  
Stars Over Montana  •  Warren Hanna   • HISTORY  •  The classic history of Glacier National Park, published in celebration of the 2010 centennial. (USW560, $16.95)
 		  
The Wide Open, Prose, Poetry, and Photographs of the Prairie  •  Susan O'Connor   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Personal or poetic, journalistic or scientific, the diverse stories and photogaphs collected in this handsome book eloquently attest to the allure, abundance and open spaces of the American West. The stories are as diverse as the tellers, ranging from fiction by Barry Lopez, Richard Ford, and William Kittredge, to the childhood histories of Mary Clearman Blew and Judy Blunt and the nonfiction tales of Jim Harrison, Gretel Ehrlich, and Rick Bass. (USW570, $39.95)
 		  
Wilderness and the American Mind  •  Roderick Nash   • HISTORY  •  A classic essay on changing American attitudes toward wilderness and the environment, including an enlightening discussion on western expansion. With chapters on Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, Aldo Leopold, Alaska and wilderness preservation. (USW97, $18.00)
 		  
Young Men & Fire  •  Norman MacLean   • HISTORY  •  A lyrical and finely wrought story of the famous Mann Gulch, Montana firestorm, which took the lives of 13 of the elite Smokejumpers of the U.S. Forest Service in August 1949. (USW95, $16.00)
 		  
Lewis & Clark, An Illustrated History  •  Dayton Duncan  •  Ken Burns   • EXPLORATION  •  The handsomely produced companion volume to Ken Burns' PBS documentary film, featuring essays and 150 illustrations, most in full color. (PNW36, $45.00)
 		  
The Essential Lewis and Clark  •  Landon Y. Jones  •  Meriwether Lewis  •  William Clark   • EXPLORATION  •  Edited by American Book Award nominee Landon Y. Jones, this compact book features well-chosen selections from Lewis and Clark's journals focusing on natural history, people and landscapes of the West. (PNW70, $13.99)
 		  
Undaunted Courage, Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West  •  Stephen Ambrose   • EXPLORATION  •  Ambrose recreates the high adventure and politics of late 18th-century America in this classic history, rich in details of Native American life, geography, flora and fauna. (USW20, $18.00)
 		  
All But the Waltz, A Memoir of Five Generations in the Life of a Montana Family  •  Mary Clearman Blew   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  In this memoir, Blew writes of life and death on the Montana Plains, from her own youth spent working cattle on the family ranch, back through her family to the fur traders and railroad workers who first moved west. (USW101, $19.95)
 		  
This House of Sky, Landscapes of a Western Mind  •  Ivan Doig   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Doig's beautifully told, inspiring story of growing up tough on a ranch in western Montana. It's a powerful tale of place, family bonds and perseverance. A western favorite. (RKY18, $14.00)
 		  
Why I Came West, A Memoir  •  Rick Bass   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Nature writer Bass describes settling in the remote Yaak Valley of northwestern Montana, painting an appreciative portrait of his new home while advocating a common-sense approach to conservation. (USW582, $14.95)
 		  
A River Runs Through It, and Other Stories  •  Norman MacLean   • LITERATURE  •  A classic meditation on family, fly-fishing and the Blackfoot River of Montana. Colored with MacLean's haunting descriptions of the landscape, it is a vivid portrait of a minister and his two sons. (USW107, $12.00)
 		  
Fools Crow  •  James Welch   • LITERATURE  •  Set in Montana shortly after the Civil War, this novel tells of Fools Crow, a young Blackfoot Indian on the verge of manhood, and his tribe, known as the Lone Eaters. (USW308, $16.00)
 		  
The Big Sky  •  Alfred Guthrie  •  Wallace Stegner   • LITERATURE  •  First published in 1947, this classic novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning Guthrie examines mountain man Boone Caudill and his adventures in the American West -- a saga that continues in five more volumes. (USW52, $14.95)
 		  
The Whistling Season  •  Ivan Doig   • LITERATURE  •  Doig's richly textured novel of the Old West revolves around a rancher, a new housekeeper (can't cook but doesn't bite) and her scholarly, mysterious brother, who takes over as schoolteacher in Marias Coulee, Montana. (RKY94, $14.95)
 		  
Of Wolves and Men  •  Barry Lopez   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  This eloquent, powerful book is an outstanding overview of the wolf, as well as a survey of wolf mythology and its relationship to human society. First published in the 1980s, it has been reprinted with a new afterword by the author. (BST31, $20.00)
 		  
Roadside Geology, Montana  •  Donald Hyndman   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  The geologic history of Montana as seen through the car window. (USW49, $20.00)
 		  
The Time of the Buffalo  •  Tom McHugh  •  Victoria Hobson   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A classic survey of the history and ecology of the American buffalo, including evolution, patterns of behavior, folklore, relationships with humans (including Plains cultures), biology and ecology. (BST54, $24.95)
 		  
Glacier National Park Wildlife  •  James Kavanagh   • FIELD GUIDE  •  Take it along! This handy, fold-up plastic card includes color illustrations of commonly encountered birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish and butterflies. (USW500, $5.95)
 		  
National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Rocky Mountain States  •  Peter Alden   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A compact field guide to 1,000 commonly encountered plants and animals of Colorado, Montana, Wyoming and Idaho. With 1,500 color photographs, 11 maps, and 16 night-sky charts. (USW286, $19.95)
 		  
 
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