Boulder, CO: Johnson Books, (2003). SIGNED first edition - A small volume which collects 14 essays on birds and their place in the human landscape, from the mountains of Wyoming to the Catskills and Southern Arizona and more. The first essay on the Musselshell River in Montana gives you a taste of how captivating and wide-ranging these pieces are, from his comments on the hobos who used to hang out near the railroad junctions to the history of this land in the Canadian border region and more - although some large sandhill cranes do make an appearance. Cover praise from Jim Harrison and Thomas McGuane. INSCRIBED on the title page and uncommon thus. List of works consulted. 138 pp. ISBN: 1-55566296X.