Pete Sinclair uses his skill and training as a literary scholar coupled with his life experiences to examine what it means to live in the West. His thoughtful challenges, sometimes verging on indictments, forces his readers to consider where THEY fit in the western landscape and what their responsibilities are by choosing to be a part of the vast spiritual/geographical miracle.—Mikel Vause—Author of “On Mountains and Mountaineers” Editor of “Rock and Roses”

After a lifetime’s active and respectful engagement with wilderness, Pete Sinclair has emerged as a profound and provocative voice for its defense. After listening thoughtfully for so long to the human and biotic cultures of the American West, Sinclair, in this book, joins John Muir, David Brower and Michael Cohen as mountaineer, critic and advocate thinking aloud about our treatment of these landscapes and their wild communities.—Terry Gifford —Director, the International Festival of Mountaineering Literature. Editor of “John Muir: the Eight Wilderness-Discovery Books,” and “John Muir: His Life and Letters and Other Writings.”