In November, countless families across Texas head out for the annual deer hunt, a ritual that spans generations, ethnicities, socioeconomics, and gender as perhaps no other cultural experience in the
Acclaimed author Rick Bass decided to thank all of his writing heroes in person, one meal at a time, in this "rich smorgasbord of a memoir . . . a soul-nourishing, road-burning act of tribute" (New Yo
Set in the South and West, they pursue themes of friendship, loyalty, and freedom, of escape, where valiant holdouts refuse to grow up, or to grow old.
These thirteen eloquent and engaging essays about camping and canoeing in wild country are among Rick Bass' earliest "nature" writing. Written while he was working as a geologist in Mississippi, "Wild
The Diezmo tells the incredible story of the Mier Expedition, one of the most absurd and tragic military adventures in the history of Texas -- a country and a state, as Rick Bass writes, that was "bor
An essay advocating wolf reintroduction into the wild examines the fate of one small pack of wolves in northwest Montana, exploring, as well, the proper relationship between humans and nature. Reprint
An award-winning author visits the Namib Desert with a group of former poachers, now conservationists, in search of endangered black rhinos that were saved from extinction by human intervention and cu
COLTER pairs one of America's most treasured writers with our most treasured "best friend." Colter, a German shorthair pup, was the runt of the litter, and Rick Bass took him only because nobody else
In this searching memoir, Rick Bass describes how he first fell in love with theWest ? as a landscape, an idea, and a way of life. Bass grew up in the suburban sprawl of Houston, attended college in U
A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice A Rocky Mountain News Best Book of the Year Finalist for the Story PrizeAt once expertly crafted and undeniably moving, these ten stories deftly explore ou
"Bass creates a slice of music history from the ground up, from the backwoods and front porches all the way to Elvis." —Los Angeles Times 1959: the Brown siblings are the biggest thing in country mus
