http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.16/home-improvement-a-review-of-sugarhouse A hilarious memoir of home renovation, road trips, and redemption by writer Matthew Batt. No publisher Jenny Shank Autobiography Memoir Matthew Batt nonfiction 2012-09-13T15:04:41Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.15/a-parent-lost-and-found-a-review-of-descanso-for-my-father-fragments-of-a-life Harrrison Candelaria Fletcher tries to trace his family history -- particularly the life of his father, who died when he was almost two, in his new book. No publisher Jenny Shank Autobiography Descanso for My Father: Fragments of a Life Harrison Candelaria Fletcher nonfiction Family history Memoir 2012-08-31T21:13:29Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.10/hidden-in-plain-sight-a-review-of-the-american-wall In the two massive volumes of The American Wall, French photographer Maurice Sherif works with anthropologists, activists and writers to explore the border fence that separates the U.S. from Mexico. No publisher Terray Sylvester Maurice Sherif illegal drug trade border fence wildlife habitat U.S.-Mexico border essay collections Border Patrol photography books Homeland Security nonfiction The American Wall undocumented immigrants 2012-06-20T15:49:07Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.9/filling-empty-pages-a-review-of-when-women-were-birds In her latest memoir, When Women Were Birds, writer Terry Tempest Williams tries to solve the mystery of the cloth-bound journals her dying mother left her -- all of them completely blank. No publisher Devon Fredericksen autobiography cancer Terry Tempest Williams nonfiction family history When Women Were Birds memoir Refuge 2012-07-06T21:53:52Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.7/new-telling-of-a-geologic-saga-a-review-of-rough-hewn-land In Rough-Hewn Land: A Geologic Journey from California to the Rocky Mountains, Keith Heyer Meldahl brings the geography of the West to vivid life. No publisher Claire Peaslee science writing Rough-Hewn Land: A Geologic Journey from California to the Rocky Mountains Western geology plate tectonics Keith Heyer Meldahl nonfiction Earth history geography geology guides 2012-04-27T02:32:37Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.6/living-on-faith-a-review-of-the-man-who-quit-money In The Man Who Quit Money, Mark Sundeen tells the story of Daniel Suelo of Moab, Utah, a well-educated idealist who has chosen to dumpster-dive for food and live illegally in public-land caves. No publisher Chérie Newman voluntary poverty The Man Who Quit Money Daniel Suelo nonfiction Mark Sundeen biography 2012-04-11T17:18:47Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.6/tales-from-the-edge-a-review-of-extremophilia The essays in Fred Haefele's slim collection Extremophilia, River Rats, Timber Tramps, Biker Trash, and Realtors are both casual and transcendent explorations of the West. No publisher Kris King Extremophilia Fred Haefele essays Western culture nonfiction 2012-04-11T17:18:56Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.5/generosity-of-voice-and-heart-a-review-of-wild-from-lost-to-found-on-the-pacific-crest-trail Cheryl Strayed's memoir Wild describes her arduous trek along the Pacific Crest Trail as she seeks to recover from life-changing grief. No publisher Melissa Hart autobiography backpacking hiking Cheryl Strayed Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail nonfiction memoir 2012-04-11T14:30:10Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.3/a-life-measured-in-cordwood-a-review-of-into-the-heat-my-love-affair-with-trees-fire-saws-and-men Cindy Bellinger's memoir, Into the Heat: My Love Affair with Trees, Fire, Saws and Men, introduces us to a determined, 60-something, chainsaw-wielding Western woman. No publisher Gussie Fauntleroy autobiography Into the Heat: My Love Affair with Trees Cindy Bellinger Fire northern New Mexico rural life Saws and Men memoir nonfiction 2012-02-14T23:48:37Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.3/bucking-the-stereotypes-a-review-of-west-of-98 The anthology West of 98: Living and Writing the New American West assembles the thoughts of 67 Western writers. No publisher Charles Finn West of 98 Lynn Stegner anthologies nonfiction Russell Rowland contemporary Western writers essays 2012-02-14T22:46:21Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.2/searching-for-the-truth-about-american-indians-a-review-of-all-indians-do-not-live-in-teepees-or-casinos Catherine C. Robbins seeks to go beyond the stereotypes about Native Americans in her essays in All Indians Do Not Live in Teepees (or Casinos). No publisher Cherie Newman contemporary reservation life Catherine C. Robbins Native Americans nonfiction All Indians Do Not Live In Teepees (or Casinos) repatriation process essays 2012-02-01T17:38:39Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.21/california-chronicles-a-review-of-new-california-writing-2011 Editor Gayle Wattawa has assembled an anthology of essays in New California Writing: 2011 that should intrigue even people outside the Golden State. No publisher Tara Rae Miner California ecology California history Michael Chabon California public schools Gayle Wattawa Mike Davis D.J. Waldie Jennifer Egan anthologies Great Recession Gray Brechin nonfiction Fred Setterber California budget crisis essays Rebecca Solnit California economy California environmental issues New California Writing: 2011 2011-12-12T15:25:22Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.21/a-celebration-of-cascadia-a-review-of-open-spaces-voices-from-the-northwest Open Spaces: Voices from the Northwest doesn't quite work as an anthology, but it features some intimate and thoughtful writing about the Pacific Northwest. No publisher Gretchen Legler Denis Hayes Richard P. Benner Penny Harrison John Daniel Norman Maclean dams quarterlies essay collections Bruce Babbitt Northwestern ecosystem anthologies Northwestern culture Open Spaces magazine Sandra Dorr nonfiction Charles Wilkinson Portland Seattle Pacific Northwest Open Spaces: Voices from the Northwest Lee C. Neff 2011-12-12T15:25:26Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.19/meditations-on-craft-a-review-of-what-i-learned-at-bug-camp Sarah Juniper Rabkin's new essay collection is the intriguing, wide-ranging What I Learned at Bug Camp: Essays on Finding a Home in the World. No publisher Melissa Hart essay collections insects entomology What I Learned at Bug Camp writing teachers natural history essays Sarah Juniper Rabkin nonfiction 2011-11-10T21:11:14Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.18/mapping-the-hi-line-a-review-of-honyocker-dreams-montana-memories Writer David Mogen sets out to understand his childhood and his rural ancestors, who lived along Montana’s Hi-Line, just below the Canadian border. No publisher Andrea Clark Mason autobiography Montana Hi-Line genealogy small town life Eastern European immigrants fathers and sons David Mogen Honyocker Dreams: Montana Memories rural life nonfiction Great Plains memoir 2011-10-26T20:27:59Z News Article