Benjamin Long and his wife constitute a micro Corps of Rediscovery as they follow in the footsteps of Lewis and Clark to discovertwo centuries laterthe state of the wildlife, the territory, and the West.
Ben Long and his wife quit their jobs and sold their house to set out as the newest pilgrims to backtrack the Lewis and Clark Trail. From the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, the authors mission was to check in on the wildlife that his famous predecessors so enthusiastically catalogued and recorded. From fearsome grizzlies to populous prairie dogs, with a living dinosaur thrown in (it lives at the bottom of the Columbia River!), Backtracking is an engaging adventure into the wilder parts of the American West.
Benjamin Long spent 10 years as a newspaper journalist in Montana covering natural history, wildlife, and environmental issues of the West. He has contributed articles to River magazine, The Seattle Times, High Country News, and other publications. Long lives with his wife, Karen Nichols, in Kalispell, Montana