USA: The Rockies, The Southwest
James Crumley The Wrong Case . The lack of an intricate plot is more than compensated for by accounts of Montana scenery and the hapless detective Milo Milodragonovic, a man with a drinking problem and a knack for doing things the hard way. An enjoyable, easy read.A.B. Guthrie Jr Big Sky . When first published in the Thirties it shattered the image of the mythical West peddled by Hollywood. Realistic histori cal fiction at its very best, following desperate mountain man and fugitive Boone Caudill, whose idyllic life in Montana was ended by the arrival of white settlers.
Tony Hillerman The Dark Wind , and many others. The adventures of Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police on the reservations of northern Arizona, forever dabbling in dark and mysterious forces churned up from the Ancestral Puebloan past.
Norman MacLean A River Runs through It . Unputdownable - the best ever novel about fly-fishing, set in beautiful Montana lake country.
Annick Smith Homestead . Beautifully written episodes of a Montana life, a host of characters, and personal and cultural insights, all offset by Smith's tangible passion for that huge, awesome landscape.
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