{"product_id":"a-million-acres-montana-writers-reflect-on-land-and-open-space-9781606391211","title":"A Million Acres: Montana Writers Reflect on Land and Open Space","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMontana's stunning landscape shapes all who live here and all who visit. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn twenty powerful pieces of writing--essays, memoirs, short stories--the state's finest contemporary writers explore the plains, rivers, and mountains of Big Sky Country. They show us how natural beauty and hardship are two sides of the same coin, and how sometimes the only way to cure heartache is to visit the great outdoors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom a hardscrabble upbringing to the pain of losing the family land, from death on a river to the awe of landing a big fish, from backcountry encounters with grizzly bears to an out-of-stater's happiness at making Montana her home, \u003ci\u003eA Million Acres\u003c\/i\u003e offers a wonderfully diverse range of experiences and perspectives. Framing these words are twenty-eight breathtaking photographs that render these open spaces in gorgeous color.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCome to Montana: in words, in pictures, in person. And see what makes the Last Best Place worth saving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors are: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRick Bass\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaile Meloy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarrie La Seur\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoe Wilkins\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJim Robbins\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGwen Florio\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJamie Harrison\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSterling HolyWhiteMountain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJanet Skeslien Charles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaxim Loskutoff\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristine Carbo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Grady \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlexis Bonogofsky\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRussell Rowland\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaroline Patterson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKeir Graff\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEric Heidle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeDoux Hansen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAntonia Malchik\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllen Morris Jones\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKeir Graff \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of six novels for adults, three novels for middle-graders, and short stories published in periodicals ranging from the \u003ci\u003eMissoula Independent \u003c\/i\u003eto the \u003ci\u003eChicago Reader. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is also the co-editor, with James Grady, of the anthology \u003ci\u003eMontana Noir. \u003c\/i\u003eBorn and raised in Missoula, Graff now lives in Chicago, where he has worked in publishing for two decades. He returns to Montana every chance he gets. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexis Bonogofsky \u003c\/b\u003eis a fourth-generation Montanan, goat and sheep rancher, and freelance writer and photographer who lives and works along the Yellowstone River in southeastern Montana where she grew up. Her writing and photography can be found on her website \u003ci\u003eEast of Billings \u003c\/i\u003eand in various news outlets and magazines including \u003ci\u003eMountain Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMontana Quarterly, Farm 406, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHigh Desert Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince its establishment in 1978, \u003cb\u003eThe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMontana Land Reliance \u003c\/b\u003ehas partnered with Montana's landowners to permanently protect more than one million acres of agricultural land, fish and wildlife habitat, and open space in the state. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a celebration of that achievement. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Riverbend","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50611015516434,"sku":"9781606391211","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_53b75dc1-0a6b-450b-87fd-7481a6bb0740.jpg?v=1732354922","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-million-acres-montana-writers-reflect-on-land-and-open-space-9781606391211","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}