Almost thirty years ago, Suzanne Roberts, author of Animal Bodies and Bad Tourist, embarked on a twenty-eight-day hike on California’s John Muir Trail that changed her life. Her story of a month in the backcountry, Almost Somewhere was first published … Continue reading Postcards from the John Muir Trail: Creating My Own Language for the Landscape
Almost thirty years ago, Suzanne Roberts, author of Animal Bodies and Bad Tourist, embarked on a twenty-eight-day hike on California’s John Muir Trail that changed her life. Her story of a month in the backcountry, Almost Somewhere, was first published … Continue reading Postcards from the John Muir Trail: Muir Pass and Finding a Home in the Mountains
Almost thirty years ago, Suzanne Roberts, author of Animal Bodies and Bad Tourist, embarked on a twenty-eight-day hike on California’s John Muir Trail that changed her life. Her story of a month in the backcountry Almost Somewhere was first published … Continue reading Postcards from the John Muir Trail: Looking Back on Mather Pass
On August 25, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Organic Act, which established the National Park Service. Today, we celebrate National Park Service Founders Day to recognize the conservation and preservation efforts of the National Parks System covering more than … Continue reading National Park Service Founders Day List
With our new Virtually Bison Books tours, you can explore Western Literature from your home or on the road. Backcountry Bisons is the newest tour featuring an array of memoirs that bring the reader into the Western environments that the authors explored, hiked, or … Continue reading Backcountry Bisons: Suzanne Roberts, Almost Somewhere
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