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A few years ago when I was reading nonfiction almost exclusively, I tended to get book recommendations via the magazines I read. Reviews in publications like Outside, Orion, etc. always lauded books...
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Friday Reads – A Terrible Glory: Custer and the Little Bighorn by James Donovan
A Terrible Glory: Custer and the Little Bighorn, the Last Great Battle of the American West by James Donovan. From Powell’s: In June of 1876, on a hill above a winding river called the Little Bighorn,...
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Friday Reads – Opportunity, Montana by Brad Tyer and Stories from Montana’s...
For lovers of nonfiction with an interest in Montana, here are a couple offerings well worth your time checking out. Opportunity, Montana: Big Copper, Bad Water, and the Burial of an American Landscape...
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Friday Reads – Closer to the Ground by Dylan Tomine
From an actual conversation in the car, instigated by the excellent Closer to the Ground by Dylan Tomine. Julia: Would you eat one of those clams that looks like a dick? Me: You mean a geoduck? Yes....
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Friday Reads – The Blind Corral by Ralph Beer
From The Blind Corral by Ralph Beer: “They told me they’re locating a road over there,” Amy said, clattering lunch dishes and empty pop cans into a cardboard box on the tailgate of her Chevy Apache....
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Friday Reads — Caught Inside: A Surfer’s Year on the California Coast by...
That I even know about this excellent book is a triumph of social media. I’ve talked here before about books on surfing, my landlubber’s interest in the sport and lifestyle, and even reviewed other...
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Friday Reads – Celebrations in the Ossuary by Kyle J. Knapp
This isn’t my typical Friday Reads post. I’m writing about Celebrations in the Ossuary & Other Poems by Kyle J. Knapp, and it is a sad story. As if we could sum anyone up in just a few sentences,...
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Friday Reads — Notes from the Journey Westward by Joe Wilkins
I met Joe Wilkins briefly at the 2012 edition of the Montana Festival of the Book, where he was promoting his excellent memoir, The Mountain and the Fathers: Growing Up on The Big Dry. I had hoped to...
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Friday Reads — Dirt Work: An Education in the Woods by Christine Byl
A couple weeks ago I was fortunate to have had an opportunity to publish an interview in the Independent with author Christine Byl in support of the reading she was doing in town that week. I met...
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Friday Reads — Country Hardball by Steve Weddle
frkI owe a debt of gratitude to Steve Weddle. When I first got online and started seeking other writers, I fell into a community of people who were all fired up with the work, getting agents, and...
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Scourges Upon the Earth
From This Changes Everything, the fantastic-as-ever latest book from one of my heroes, Naomi Klein: One of the most interesting findings of the many recent studies on climate perceptions is the clear...
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