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WHO OWNS THE WEST? |
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WHO
OWNS THE WEST? CONTACT MERCURY HOUSE |
Who owns the West? "All of us, of course," says William Kittredge. But this
"simple answer … is sort of beside the point when we get down to considering
questions of fairness. Stay joyous under the sun and moon, in the rain and
out; that's another halfway answer."
Kittredge gives us not easy answers but a sustained meditation on what
it means to be a Westerner today. The three essays in Who Owns the
West? compose both a celebration of the new West and an elegy for
an old West that is fading.
"When I think about our beloved American West and the challenges we face
as a people, I hear Bill Kittredge's voice. Within these pages we find
both our instructions and inspiration on how to proceed." |
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WILLIAM KITTREDGE grew up on the MC Ranch in southeastern Oregon, where he lived until he was thirty-five. His books include Hole in the Sky, Owning It All, and We Are Not in This Together. He teaches at the University of Montana in Missoula.
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