The Yaak Valley of northwestern Montana is one of the last great wild places in the United States, a land of black bears and grizzlies, wolves and coyotes, bald

Describes winter in a remote valley of inhabitants, the last valley in Montana without electricity.

The author discusses the attraction he feels to the landscape of the Yaak Valley in extreme, northwest Montana where he has lived for twenty-one years, and medi

Rick Bass's dog Colter is the brown dog of the Yaak who charges through the mountain valleys following the scent of game. Bass gives a history of his years with

Long considered one of the most gifted practitioners of the short story, Rick Bass is unsurpassed in his ability to perceive and portray the enduring truths of