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Ivan Doig: Story-Teller from the Big Sky
Doig’s earliest works reflect his two early career choices, journalism and teaching. His first piece of creative writing was the nonfiction memoir This House of Sky: Landscapes of the Western Mind, a brilliant work that goes beyond mere reminiscence. It launched him into his true calling, writing richly detailed books—both fiction and nonfiction—set in Montana.
No Walk in the Park: Collecting Nevada Barr
Nevada Barr’s widely admired mysteries featuring National Park Service Ranger Anna Pigeon use the natural beauty of the parks as a backdrop and show man and nature at their most frightening.
In Search of Unknown Worlds
During the 1930s, the magazine Weird Tales dominated fantasy and horror fiction. In 1939, a new and different magazine appeared in the field: Unknown (later Unknown Worlds). Under the leadership of John W. Campbell, who also edited Astounding Science-Fiction,the magazine propelled fantasy a quantum leap forward.
Ten Years Ago
Walter Satterthwait
Books into Film
The Milagro Beanfield War