Living in the Runaway West: Partisan Views from Writers on the Range

Book Overview

The editors of the feisty, award-winning western newspaper High Country News gather an eclectic and gutsy group of westerners, the regionally syndicated Writers on the Range, to tackle the issues of the day.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555910483
• ISBN13: 9781555910488
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Great collection of short essays on the West

High Country News is a biweekly newspaper about live and issues of the Western United States. The short pieces in "Living in the Runaway West" are from its syndicated column "Writers on the Range." The book is a great collection of those essays, most of which are between two and three pages long -- the perfect length for browsing and getting your "West fix." The essays cover plenty of topics, from environmental controversies like dams and mines to the social repercussions of picking out-of-the-way small towns in which to live. I'd recommend this collection to anyone interested in the West, contemporary environmental issues, and the outdoors in general.