Both the adventurer and the scientist in Jon Turk were enervated by the discovery in 1996 of the so-called “Kennewick Man,” skeletal remains unearthed on the banks of the Columbia River that most resembled the ancient Jomon people of northern Japan. ...more
Written by Ginnie Lo and illustrated by Beth Lo: Mahjong All Day Long
The clicking of mahjong tiles (like “the twittering of a sparrow”) and the family ties forged by the Chinese game are the gentle currents that lift a new children’s book, illustrated by University of Montana ceramics professor Beth Lo and written by her sister, Ginnie, ...more
Photography and text by Donald M. Jones: Born Wild In Glacier National Park
With crisp, engaging photographs, Donald Jones captures the wonder and playfulness of baby wild things in this charming collection. ...more
James Crumley: The Right Madness
Missoula writer James Crumley – “the leather-tough poet of the crime novel” – dedicates his latest tale of madness and mayhem “to my hometown … to the readers, writers, book lovers and friends .
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Greg Keeler: Waltzing with the Captain: Remembering Richard Brautigan
Poet, satirist and MSU English professor Greg Keeler vividly remembers his friend, Richard Brautigan – 20 years after the writer’s suicide – in an amiable, funny and often searing memoir, ...more
Volney Steele, M.D.: Bleed, Blister and Purge: A History of Medicine on the American Frontier
Retired Bozeman pathologist Volney Steele brings his own expertise to bear in Bleed, Blister, and Purge – a fascinating history of illness and the healing arts in the Old West. ...more
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Both the adventurer and the scientist in Jon Turk were enervated by the discovery in 1996 of the so-called “Kennewick Man,” skeletal remains unearthed on the banks of the Columbia River that most resembled the ancient Jomon people of northern Japan. ...
