Why I Came West
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.18 (656 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0547237715 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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Bass has lived in the Yaak ever since, a place of mountains, outlaws, and continual rebirth that transformed him into the writer, hunter, and activist that he is today. The West Bass found is also home to deep-rooted philosophical conflicts that set neighbor against neighbor — disputes that Bass has joined reluctantly, but necessarily, to defend and preserve the wilderness that he loves.. Bass grew up in the suburban sprawl of Houston, attended college in Utah, and spent eight years working as a geologist in Mississippi before packing up and heading west in pursuit of something visceral and true. In this searching memoir, Rick Bass describes how he first fell in love with theWest — as a landscape, an idea, and a way of life. He found it in th
"Brutally honest meditations" according to Arthur Digbee. This book begins with why (or rather, *how*) Rick Bass came West, but then becomes something more. The first two chapters explore his love affair with the Yaak Valley. He wonders if one can fall in love at first sight with a place, and muses on how the Yaak drew him to her, among other things. The musings that overlapped with _The Book of Yaak_ I tended to enjoy, while the rest were too intimate, too personal to interest someone who doesn't know Bass personally.The next chapters were the most int. "Disappointment" according to Philip Green. I'm a big fan of travelogues and similar types of nonfiction. I also enjoy "On the Road." I found "Why I Came West" in a small bookstore and looked forward to learning about one man's journey from suburban Texas to the wilderness of Montana. However, there's not much of value here for someone wanting to know about that aspect of Rick Bass' life. Instead, it seemed to be little about him and a lot of philosophical musings and poetic language. It became extremely boring and I just put it down after. "Dr R Forsberg" according to Dr. R.P. Forsberg. Rick Bass is a wonder! From his early books to his latest works, he has a way of connecting to readers that makes reading his stories and essays a pleasure. This exploration and explication of why he moved West is another fine personal report on his life, loves, beliefs and personal philosophy. While I, personally, don't buy into some aspects of his philosophy (I will never be a hunter), his descriptions of that personal philosophy are so honest, forthright, and rational that I have to say I comp
Bass is an eloquent defender of his precious valley. A native of Houston, Bass worked as a geologist in Mississippi before heading west to find his home and his vocation as a writer. All rights reserved. Over the years, Bass became increasingly drawn into the struggle to preserve the valley from logging and development, especially those areas that have yet to be marked by roads. The book reads best as a series of variations on the theme of how our relation to the wilderness is essential to our being human. Actual biographical material is scant and often repeated, and his main points recur (the need to protect wilderness; the twofold nature of his beloved valley, its biological diversity and human venality and short-sightedness, for example). (July)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of