Why I Came West

Why I Came West

Rick Bass
Bass's memoir of moving to Montana's Yaak Valley and spending decades defending it. The personal story behind the activism — why a man from Texas chose the wildest place in the Lower 48 and refused to leave.
Ecology & Conservation forest Memoir Rocky Mountains
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Publisher Mariner Books
Published 2009
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