Bass lived in Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi before moving to northwest Montana’s Yaak Valley. A former petroleum geologist and wildlife biologist, he is the author of twenty-three books, including his newest, Why I Came West: A Memoir, and The Wild Marsh, which is due out later this year.
Bass is a board member of the Yaak Valley Forest Council, which has long been active in efforts to protect as wilderness the last roadless areas in the Yaak Valley of the Kootenai National Forest.
A review of Why I Came West by Jenny Shank on NewWest.net
A list of Rick Bass's books from Google.
Rick Bass on Wikipedia
FYI: Information About New Books By Regional Authors
Recently published books by regional writers include, The Islands of Divine Music, by John Addiego.
And new from from Clark City Press: The Thin Air Gang, by Ed Lahey.
For more information about new books, contact your favorite bookseller or library.
And here’s a quote from Why I Came West:
"I just knew that I loved it: that a harmony and a desire for fit—a deep, biological desire—was struck in that first sighting, first odor, first touch."
The Write Question is produced by Chérie Newman.
Executive producer, Michael Marsolek.
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