10,000 Days in the Woods by H. Russell Richardson ‘73

Shelburne, Massachusetts

Published by Dragon Book Publishing, 2022

Russ Richardson grew up in 1950s New England in an area straddling the Vermont–Massachusetts border. His story, which paints a vivid image of a New England landscape that no longer exists, begins at a time when most rural families were multigenerational and daily life was guided by centuries of weather lore and farming tradition. Passionate about conservation since childhood, Russ pursued forestry education, became involved in the environmental movement and spent many years in the forests, planting trees, working for the Forest Service and logging. After a lifetime spent in the woods, Richardson has amassed a unique collection of experiences likely to never be duplicated.

ISBN-13 979-8986796604

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A Weak Woman in a Strong Battle: Women and Public Execution in Early Modern England by Jennifer Lodine-Chaffey ‘06

Billings, Montana

Published by University of Alabama Press, 2022

“A Weak Woman in a Strong Battle” provides critical insights on representations of women on the scaffold, focusing on how female victims and those writing about them constructed meaning from the ritual. Lodine-Chaffey draws on a wide range of genres, from accounts of martyrdom to dramatic works, to explore not only the words of women executed in Tudor and Stuart England, but also the ways that writers represented female bodies as markers of penitence or deviance.

ISBN-10 0817321322

ISBN-13 978-0817321321

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Fake It: Fictions of Forgery by Mark Osteen ’77, ‘82

Baltimore, Maryland

Published by University of Virginia Press, 2021

How many layers of artifice can one artwork contain? How does forgery unsettle our notions of originality and creativity? Looking at both the literary and art worlds, “Fake It” investigates a set of fictional forgeries and hoaxes alongside their real-life inspirations and parallels, using examples of fakes from the 18th through the 21st centuries. Osteen shows how forgeries foster fresh authorial identities while revealing that all art works are, to some degree, forged.

ISBN-10 0813946263

ISBN-13 978-0813946269

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Fox and I: An Uncommon Friendship by Catherine Raven ‘92

Emigrant, Montana

Published by Spiegel & Grau, 2021

From a fox she befriended at her isolated home in Montana, Raven learned the single most important thing about loneliness: we are never alone when we are connected to the natural world. “Fox and I” is a poignant and remarkable tale of friendship, growth and coping with inevitable loss – and of how that loss can be transformed into meaning. It is both a timely tale of solitude and belonging as well as a timeless story of one woman whose immersion in the natural world will change the way we view our surroundings – each tree, weed, flower, stone or fox.

ISBN-13: 9781954118003

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Fresh Kills, A History of Consuming and Discarding in New York City by Martin Melosi ’69, ‘71

Houston, Texas

Published by Columbia University Press, 2020

Fresh Kills, a monumental 2,200-acre site on Staten Island, was once the world’s largest landfill. From 1948 to 2001, it was the main receptacle for New York City’s refuse. After the 9/11 attacks, it reopened briefly to receive human remains and rubble from the destroyed Twin Towers, turning a notorious disposal site into a cemetery. Today, a mammoth reclamation project is transforming the landfill site, constructing an expansive park three times the size of Central Park. Melosi provides a comprehensive chronicle of Fresh Kills that offers new insights into the growth and development of New York City and the relationship among consumption, waste and disposal.

ISBN-10: 0231189486

ISBN-13: 978-0231189484

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Gypsy Soul: Memoirs of a Hippie Kid by Gypsy (Hoover) Ray ‘95

Anaconda, Montana

Published by Scott Publishing Company, 2022

“Gypsy Soul” is a book based on the author’s unusual life as the child of hippies in rural Montana. Ray shares memories of poverty, trauma and neglect while preserving the magic of growing up as a hippie kid. This book will have you laughing and crying because it is both hilarious and horrifying. With memories like “Swinger Party Turned Stepdad” and “The Cocaine Scavenger Hunt,” readers will marvel at the level of “hippie” she experienced.

ISBN-10 1954463170

ISBN-13  978-1954463172

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Make Mine a Ditch: Beautiful Backbars Under the Big Sky by Paul Snyder ‘57

Great Falls, Montana

Published by Sweetgrass Books, 2021

"Make Mine a Ditch" is a tour of the stunning backbars of Montana. Snyder followed an early fascination with his local establishment’s large ornate backbar, delving further into researching backbars, the backbone of Montana’s historic watering holes, their history, artistic woodwork and the bars they graced. He captured as much history and many photographs as possible of the backbars remaining. These backbars influenced and are part of the development of Montana even before it became a state. This book takes a close look at these beautiful, often overlooked, silent witnesses to Montana’s history.

ISBN-10: 1591522811

ISBN-13: 978-1591522812

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Making Schools American: Nationalism and the Origin of Modern Educational Politics by Cody Ewert ’09, ‘12

Bozeman, Montana

Published by Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022

“Making Schools American” argues that nationalism was the leading argument for schooling during the Progressive Era, when reformers pitched the public school as a quintessentially American institution. Offering fresh insight into the development and politicization of public schooling in America, the book reveals how reformers' utopian visions and lofty promises laid the groundwork for contemporary battles over the mission and methods of American public schools.

ISBN-10 1421442795

ISBN-13 978-1421442792

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Tracing the Desire Line by Melissa Matthewson ‘05    

Portland, Oregon               

Published by Split/Lip Press, 2019

“Tracing the Desire Line” follows the writer's journey of opening her marriage with her husband. The story – told through short memoirs, essays, lists, letters and hybrid prose poems – is an intimate inquiry into one woman’s search for autonomy with detours into meditations on music, motherhood, religion, love and wildness. - Amazon 

ISBN-10: 1076136133

ISBN-13: 978-1076136138