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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. There is something special about the land, as anyone with a whole car and half a heart can see, writes William Bevis in the introduction to Ten Tough Trips. The Land is the Inland West, particularly Montana, and the trips are literary journeys made by ten writers ranging from James Fenimore Cooper to James Welch. In a series of lucid and witty essays, Bevis uses their works to explore the conflict between the mythic West of European yearnings--a natural paradise free of all civilized constraints--and the real complications and austerities of Montana.Though widely different in background and perspective, the authors in this book are linked by a common landscape, and even more by their desire to speak truthfully about it. A.B. Guthrie, Jr., who grew up in Choteau, Montana, wrote The Big Sky in part to refute the fantasies of the Hollywood western. The nineteenth-century memoirs of Andrew Garcia, a trapper, and Nannie Alderson, a homesteader, provide an instructive mixture of popular mythology and contradictory personal experience. In the hands of Ivan Doig and Norman Maclean, Montanans of later generations, memories and landscape combine to become art.The renaissance of Native American writing, including the rediscovery of works by Frank Linderman and D'Arcy McNickle and the rise of authors like James Welch, has helped to redefine the West while opening a new world to white audiences. Bevis also uses the perspectives of modern Indian readers to help ferret out the mythic remnants in The Big Sky and other works.The combined effect of these authors and Bevis's commentary is to present a regionalism that is not quaint or escapist, but sophisticated and realistic. the wild and free Indians of the north plains are revealed as members of a highly structured community of humanity and animals. The rugged individualists who homesteaded the state were the beneficiaries (and sometimes the victims) of political decisions far beyond their control. The classless pride of the West turns out to hide a nagging feeling of inferiority, a conflict memorably explored in the poems of Richard Hugo. The love of the land, on the other hand, becomes more durable and more haunting as the myths are stripped away. As personal and passionate as the works it treats, this book is more than a commentary. Bevis's own distinctive voice is a welcome addition to the literature of the West.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

hardcover. Condition: Good.

Condition: good. Signs of wear and consistent use.

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Condition: Very Good. Signed Copy First edition copy. . Very Good dust jacket. Signed/Inscribed by author opposite title page. (malaysia, logging).

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Condition: Good. 1 Edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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1995. Natural History, Conservation. University of Washington Press. very good cloth and dust jacket 245p.

Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. As New. A unique book that combines a travel narrative and a serious environmental study of Sarawak's most threatened natural resource. B/w illus. & photos. *** 245pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Using Borneo as an example, this book ties together the issues of international economic pressures with both the destruction of the environment and intentional destruction of the culture of indigenous Penan peoples. Contains the story of Bruno Manser, Swiss activist who catalyzed Panan resistance to logging. 12 b/w photos, map. *** 243pp. Biblio.*** 1st ed. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. crisp clean w/light shelfwear/edgewear - may have remainder mark Standard-sized.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Used-Very Good. Cloth, d.j. Some shelf-wear. Else clean copy.

Condition: Good. 1 Edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. a nice, clean copy, no creasing, like new, octavo paperback, 316 pages, first printing.

Condition: New. 1995. hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condition: New. 1995. hardcover. . . . . .

Hardcover w/DJ. Condition: Very Good/Very Good. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press. Very Good/Very Good. (1995). . Hardcover w/DJ. Sm 4to., 245 pp., shelfwear . Black & White Photographs (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. University of Washington Press 1995-10-01 00:00:00 Binding: Hardcover NF. in NF dj. dj in mylar 245. Illustrated by illus. 1st edition. 8vo.

Hardcover. First edition. First printing, near fine cloth hardcover shows just a touch of bumping to top corners, in near fine dust jacket that shows some mild wrinkling at spine edge and bottom edge of front panel. 233 pages. Still an attractive copy of this title featuring the work of the likes Cooper, Doig, Welch, Maclean and others that delves into the culture of the West. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket.…

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Montana Historical Society Press trade paperback, 2001-1st printing, unread and carefully stored, No marks/creases or other defects; (as cNew). We will bubble wrap the book and ship it in a New BOX- Not a plastic bag like the zombie sellers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. NAP. Embossed horseback riders on front and back boards; pictoral endpapers. ; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 233 pages.