Bitterroot

Echoes of Beauty and Loss

2016 INDIES Finalist
Finalist, Autobiography & Memoir (Adult Nonfiction)
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Using the letters of the 19th-century explorer Pierre Jean De Smet, Steven Faulkner and his eighteen-year-old son, Alex, follow De Smet across the High Plains then on to the Lewis and Clark Trail. By road, foot, mountain bike, and canoe, Steven and Alex experience the vast landscape and try to capture an understanding of the Wild Northwest, an understanding supported by many chance encounters with modern residents.