December 4, 2012 The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan

Review in New York Times

NPR Interview with author

PBS Video

The September 24, 2012 - View From Lazy Point: A Natural Year in an Unnatural World” by Carl Safina

Review in NY Times

Author interview in Orion

July 9, 2012 1493: Uncovering the World Columbus Created by Charles Mann

NPR Review

NYT Review

May 21, 2012 - The River of Doubt by Candice Millard

March 26, 2012 - Montana, High Wide and Handsome by J. K. Howard

about the author

January 30, 2012 - Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner

Reviews, Synopses, etc.
Caribousmom
John Cook Wyllie Library
Pulitzer Prize Project
Litlovers
about the author
more about the author
still more
Author interviewed
Controversy
Mary Hallock Foote

November 21, 2011 - Wolf Willow: A History, a Story, and a Memory of the Last Plains Frontier, by Wallace Stegner

About the author

Sept. 20, 2011 - The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival by John Vaillant

Reviewed in NY Times




"The most over-written book I've ever liked" - K.M. 

June 27, 2011 Wapiti Wilderness by Margaret and Olaus Murie

Legendary naturalists Margaret and Olaus Murie take turns describing their work and life together in the mountains of the Tetons.

May 25, 2011 Chrysalis: Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis by Kim Todd

Review

Tuesday, March 22 , 2011 - Great Plains by Ian Frazier.

Summarized in LA Times

Tue, Jan 25, 2011 - Searching for Yellowstone: Ecology and Wonder in the Last Wilderness by Paul Schullery

 

Reviewed in New York Times

Consider also a more personal account by the same author, Mountain Time: A Yellowstone Memoir.  See "Comments" for more info.