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The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis
by Timothy Egan
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A twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history.
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by Susan J. Gilman
Published Jul 2015
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by Mark Kurlansky
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by Philip Connors
Published Feb 2012
Read ReviewsA decade ago Philip Connors left work as an editor at the Wall Street Journal and talked his way into a job as one of the last fire lookouts in America. Fire Season is Connors's remarkable reflection on work, our place in the wild, and the charms of solitude.
by Judy Pasternak
Published Jul 2011
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by Henry Shukman
Published Apr 2009
Read ReviewsThe story of a British expat searching for treasure and, more important, for connection, amid the seductions and dangers of a rootless life.
by Marianne Wiggins
Published Jun 2008
Read ReviewsThe Shadow Catcher dramatically inhabits the space where past and present intersect, seamlessly interweaving narratives from two different eras: the first fraught passion between turn-of-the-twentieth-century icon Edward Curtis (1868-1952) and his muse-wife, Clara; and a twenty-first-century journey of redemption.
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