Montana - Travel, Rural Sociology - General & Miscellaneous, Western United States - Travel Essays & Descriptions, Frontier & Pioneer Life - Western United States, Montana - State & Local History, Cowboys & Ranchers - Biography
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Overview
The West Boulder Valley lies nestled in the Montana Rockies, and when acclaimed travel writer John Heminway first laid eyes on the dilapidated Bar 20 Ranch, he knew he was home. "Any sensible person would have walked away," he writes, "but for me the Bar 20 was perfection." In this eloquent book, at once a personal memoir and a vivid portrait of a classic American landscape, its people, and its history, he summons the frontier spirit that still draws men and women to the remote corners of our country where the Old West still flourishes in a unique mix of fierce independence and neighborly welcome. With a sure sense of place, Heminway evokes this spectacular wilderness and the colorful characters who have called it home, from the trappers and prospectors who haunted the Montana hills more than a century ago to the modern ranchers who are their heirs.About the Author
John Heminway is one of America's foremost experts on Africa and a regular contributor to Men's Journal, Architectural Digest, and National Geographic Adventure. Combining roles as a producer, writer, director, and host, he has worked on more than 50 documentary films for PBS. Heminway lives in New York and Montana.
Book Details
Published
October 1, 2000
Publisher
National Geographic Books
Pages
304
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780792276876