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The Book of Yaak
Contributor(s): Bass, Rick (Author)

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ISBN: 0395877466     ISBN-13: 9780395877463
Publisher: Mariner Books
OUR PRICE: $16.14  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 1997
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Annotation: The Yaak Valley of northwestern Montana is one of the last great wild places in the United States, a land of black bears and grizzlies, wolves and coyotes, bald and golden eagles, and even a handful of humans. In "The Book of Yaak", Rick Bass captures the soul of the valley itself and shows how if places like the Yaak are lost, so too will be the human riches of mystery and imagination.
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BISAC Categories:
- Nature | Essays
- Travel | United States - West - Mountain (az, Co, Id, Mt, Nm, Nv, Ut, Wy)
- Nature | Animals - Wildlife
Dewey: 508.876
LCCN: 96027270
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" L (0.70 lbs) 208 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Plains
- Geographic Orientation - Montana
Features: Price on Product
Review Citations: New York Times 09/28/1997 pg. 36
 
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The Yaak Valley of northwestern Montana is one of the last great wild places in the United States, a land of black bears and grizzlies, wolves and coyotes, bald and golden eagles, wolverine, lynx, marten, fisher, elk, and even a handful of humans. It is a land of magic, but its magic may not be enough to save it from the forces threatening it now. The Yaak does have one trick up its sleeve, though: a writer to give it voice. In Winter Rick Bass portrayed the wonder of living in the valley. In The Book of Yaak he captures the soul of the valley itself, and he shows how, if places like the Yaak are lost, we too are lost. Rick Bass has never been a writer to hold back, but The Book of Yaak is his most passionate book yet, a dramatic narrative of a man fighting to defend the place he loves.

Contributor Bio(s): Bass, Rick: -

RICK BASS's fiction has received O. Henry Awards, numerous Pushcart Prizes, awards from the Texas Institute of Letters, fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, and his memoir, Why I Came West, was a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award.


 
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