Enters the lives of the people in small towns and on ranches from Utah to Oregon to Alaska, as they reveal the true spirit of the West (view table of contents)

Product Description: The result of two remarkable conferences held by the Center of the American West at the University of Colorado, A Society to Match the Scenery is a diverse collection of essays on the future of the American West from many of the region’s most talented writers, activists, politicians, lawyers, poets, journalists, environmentalists, and historians...read more

Product Description: This aptly named book contains 22 selections by John Muir, John McPhee, Barry Lopez, and others on Alaska and to some extent on the neighboring Yukon, accompanied by a small but evocative collection of photographs of Eskimos. The pieces, most of which are top-notch, vividly describe the harsh climate, the Arctic and sub-Arctic habitats, and the animals of Alaska, and tell the stories of the Native Americans and others who have made their home or worked in the North...read more