Riding the Rough String: Reflections on the American West

by Toby Thompson

Profiles, meditations, essays, and explorations...For more than forty years, Toby Thompson has been considering what it means to live and work in the American West. And now, with Riding the Rough String, a lifetime's worth of accomplishment is roped together under one cover. His wide-ranging curiosity considers not only our most luminous literary figures (Gary Snyder to Gretel Ehrlich, Thomas McGuane to Hunter Thompson) but the region's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0982860161
• ISBN13: 9780982860168
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Bangtail Press
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"