
Why I Came West
Rick Bass
#2742 of 3,809 books · #987 in Biography & Memoir
Shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography (2008).
A poignant look at the 30-year journey of one of the country's great naturalist writers, "Why I Came West" explores how Bass fell in love with the mystique of the West and describes his role as a reluctant environmental activist, unwilling to stand by and watch this treasured place disappear.
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics 1
- ISBN-13
- 9780618596751
- Genre
Awards
- National Book Critics Circle Award for AutobiographyShortlistedMajor(2008)
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