http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/357/17307 Writers John N. Maclean and Mark Matthews look closely at two famous – and deadly – Western wildfires in their new books, The Thirtymile Fire and A Great Day to Fight Fire. No publisher Ray Ring A John N. Maclean Norman Maclean firefighters fires Young Men and Fire forest Mark Matthews The Thirtymile Fire Great Day to Fight Fire nonfiction 2010-07-28T20:48:02Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.12/turning-back-the-tide A volunteer naturalist describes the unique beauty -- and fragility -- of California's Elkhorn Slough Reserve. No publisher John Moir poets farmers Jane Kenyon Donald Hall Wendell Berry essays Imagination in Place nonfiction 2010-07-14T23:46:29Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/367/17616 The essays in Chad Hanson’s collection Swimming with Trout celebrate the wonder of water and its mysterious inhabitants. No publisher Irene Wanner Swimming with Trout Chad Hanson fish fly-fishing rivers nonfiction fishermen essays 2010-08-11T22:42:04Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.16/the-turn-of-the-wheel-the-many-lives-of-writer-h.-lee-barnes Nevada writer H. Lee Barnes brings his experiences as a soldier, cop and casino dealer to his gritty short stories and nonfiction. No publisher Caleb Cage H. Lee Barnes police memoirs Las Vegas Western writers casinos Green Berets nonfiction Vietnam short stories 2011-09-16T19:39:19Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.13/the-meat-of-the-matter In Righteous Porkchop, Nicolette Hahn Niman takes on factory farming but gives ranching a pass. No publisher Andrea Appleton agribusiness Righteous Porkchop factory farming Nicolette Hahn Nimon food production nonfiction ranching hog farms 2010-02-05T09:16:51Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/349/17086 In At Speed: Traveling the Long Road Between Two Points, W. Scott Olsen celebrates the world as seen through a windshield No publisher Ray Vandersall highway cars road trips W. Scott Olsen At Speed travel books nonfiction 2010-07-30T00:00:29Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.9/book-review-infinite-city-a-san-francisco-atlas Rebecca Solnit assembles historical, legendary, and artistic tidbits and tales along with glorious maps in her new book. No publisher Jeremy Miller California history Rebecca Solnit maps nonfiction atlas Infinite City San Francisco essays geography 2011-06-20T21:59:37Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/315/16097 The Colorado Plateau II is a kaleidoscopic anthology of scientists’ thoughts on the history, biology and geology of the vast Colorado Plateau No publisher Staff The Colorado Plateau II Four Corners area American Southwest anthologies Charles van Riper III David J. Mattson history biology geology Western landscape rattlesnake movement patterns southwestern watersheds book reviews nonfiction Science 2010-02-05T08:56:53Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/336/16739 In Westernness: A Meditation, poet and scholar Alan Williamson examines what it means to live in the West through the eyes of the region’s writers and artists No publisher Margaret Foley Human Beings and Nature painters poets Georgia O’Keeffe Willa Cather Leslie Marmon Silko novelists Westerness: A Meditation American literary tradition Alan Williamson writers Western American West artists landscape nonfiction 2010-09-09T20:29:08Z 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/44.2/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/369/17676 The essays in Page Stegner’s Adios Amigos celebrate the fragile beauty of Western rivers and the lives of the artists and explorers who journeyed down them. No publisher Janice Gable Bashman Recreation Page Stegner Missouri River Adios Amigos Wallace Stegner John Wesley Powell Karl Bodmer Colorado River Yampa River San Juan River essays river rafting nonfiction 2010-07-26T22:36:06Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/365/17556 The essays in Matt Love’s anthology Red Hot and Rollin’ take a lively and nostalgic look at Oregon in 1977, the year the Portland Trailblazers won their one and only NBA championship. No publisher Michelle Nijhuis NBA championships basketball Portland Trailblazers sports Red Hot and Rollin’ Matt Love nonfiction essays 2010-12-14T23:56:22Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.4/regaining-identity-through-restoration Charles Wilkinson's new book, The People Are Dancing Again: The History of the Siletz Tribe of Western Oregon describes how a tribe "terminated" by the federal government fought to regain its identity. No publisher Chérie Newman Siletz Tribe American Indians tribal sovereignty Native American history tribe termination The People Are Dancing Again nonfiction Charles Wilkinson 2011-03-02T00:26:05Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.13/portraits-of-the-frontier-west-a-review-of-western-heritage Editor Paul Andrew Hutton gathers some award-winning articles on Western history and culture. No publisher Erica Wetter Jeffrey V. Pearson Western Heritage Western history Geronimo William Broyles Jr. Texas Rangers Paul Andrew Hutton Dan Flores Indian Wars essays National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum Wrangler Award American history nonfiction 2011-08-05T22:17:32Z News Article