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Novelist Rick Bass lives and works in Montana.

From the description of Rick Bass Papers, 1958-[ongoing], (bulk 1987-1994). (Texas State University-San Marcos). WorldCat record id: 48244246

Rick Bass is a writer and environmental activist. He was born in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1958, but spent much of his youth in Houston. He graduated from Utah State with a degree in geology and then worked as a petroleum geologist in Mississippi. In 1987 Bass moved to Montana and began writing full-time. He is the author of numerous short stories, novels, memoirs and essays. Much of his work focuses on the reasoned benefits of preserving wilderness areas, such as the roadless Yaak Valley of Montana, where he and his family live.

From the description of Rick Bass Papers, 1958-2001 and undated. (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 697288660

Novelist, essayist, and short story writer Rick Bass was born March 7, 1958, in Fort Worth, Texas. He was raised in Houston and graduated with a B.S. in Geology from Utah State University in 1979. Employed as a petroleum geologist in Mississippi from 1979 to 1987, Bass has since written full time on environmental issues and the vanishing wilderness. Bass has been an active environmentalist and member of the Sierra Club, Montana Wilderness Association, Cabinet Resources Group, Round River Conservation Studies, and the Yaak Valley Forest Council. He regularly publishes articles in magazines such as Field and Stream, Sports Afield , Gray’s Sporting Journal, Outdoor Life, and others. Bass and his wife Elizabeth moved to Montana’s Yaak Valley in 1987, where Bass finds the isolation he requires to write.

Describing Bass’s storytelling voice, Leigh Tillman Partington writes that Bass tells a story “true, strong, and intimate; the details of his language are lush and pure, providing just the right amount of landscape and inner turmoil. Above all, his stories are about precarious balances: between men and women, children and adults, friends, lovers, and between humans and the natural world. His language reflects that balance. Like Eudora Welty, to whom he is often compared, Bass plays close attention to inner and outer surfaces, watching where and how they meet, and he captures those meeting places on the page” ( Contemporary Southern Writers, 1999).

From the guide to the Rick Bass Papers Collection 020., 1982-1994, (Southwestern Writers Collection, Special Collections, Alkek Library, Texas State University-San Marcos)

Rick Bass is a writer and environmental activist. He was born in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1958, but spent much of his youth in Houston. He graduated from Utah State with a degree in geology and then worked as a petroleum geologist in Mississippi. In 1987 Bass moved to Montana and began writing full-time. He is the author of numerous short stories, novels, memoirs and essays. Much of his work focuses on the reasoned benefits of preserving wilderness areas, such as the roadless Yaak Valley of Montana, where he and his family live.

A list of his publications includes:

Bass, Rick. The Wild Marsh: Four Seasons at Home in Montana Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2009. Bass, Rick. Why I Came West. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2008. Bass, Rick. The Lives of Rocks. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2006. Bass, Rick. The Diezmo. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005. Bass, Rick. Caribou Rising. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 2004. Bass, Rick. The Hermit’s Story: Stories. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002. Bass, Rick. Colter: The True Story of the Best Dog I Ever Had. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. Bass, Rick. Fiber. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1998. Bass, Rick. The New Wolves: The Return of the Mexican Wolf to the American Southwest. NY: Lyons Press, 1998. Bass, Rick. Where the Sea Used to Be. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998. Bass, Rick. The Sky, the Stars, the Wilderness Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998. Bass, Rick. The Book of Yaak Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996. Bass, Rick. In the Loyal Mountains. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. Bass, Rick. The Lost Grizzlies: A Search for Survivors in the Colorado Wilderness. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. Bass, Rick. Platte River. Boston: Houghton Mifflin/Seymour Lawrence, 1994. Bass, Rick. The Ninemile Wolves. NY: Ballantine, 1993. Bass, Rick. Winter: Notes from Montana. Boston: Houghton Mifflin/Seymour Lawrence, 1991. Bass, Rick. Oil Notes. Boston: Houghton Mifflin/Seymour Lawrence, 1989. Bass, Rick. The Watch. NY: Norton, 1989. Bass, Rick. Wild to the Heart. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1987. Bass, Rick. The Deer Pasture. College Station, TX: Texas A&M, 1985.

From the guide to the Rick Bass Papers, R12. 1., 1959-2001 and undated, (Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University)

Rick Bass is a writer and environmental activist. He was born in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1958, but spent much of his youth in Houston. He graduated from Utah State with a degree in geology and then worked as a petroleum geologist in Mississippi. In 1987 Bass moved to Montana and began writing full-time. He is the author of numerous short stories, novels, memoirs and essays. Much of his work focuses on the reasoned benefits of preserving wilderness areas, such as the roadless Yaak Valley of Montana, where he and his family lived for many years.

A list of his publications includes:

Bass, Rick. Nashville Chrome. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010. Bass, Rick. The Wild Marsh: Four Seasons at Home in Montana. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2009. Bass, Rick. Why I Came West. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2008. Bass, Rick. The Lives of Rocks. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2006. Bass, Rick. The Diezmo. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005. Bass, Rick. Caribou Rising. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 2004. Bass, Rick. The Hermit’s Story: Stories. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002. Bass, Rick. Colter: The True Story of the Best Dog I Ever Had. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. Bass, Rick. Fiber. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1998. Bass, Rick. The New Wolves: The Return of the Mexican Wolf to the American Southwest. NY: Lyons Press, 1998. Bass, Rick. Where the Sea Used to Be. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998. Bass, Rick. The Sky, the Stars, the Wilderness. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998. Bass, Rick. The Book of Yaak. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996. Bass, Rick. In the Loyal Mountains. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. Bass, Rick. The Lost Grizzlies: A Search for Survivors in the Colorado Wilderness. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. Bass, Rick. Platte River. Boston: Houghton Mifflin/Seymour Lawrence, 1994. Bass, Rick. The Ninemile Wolves. NY: Ballantine, 1993. Bass, Rick. Winter: Notes from Montana. Boston: Houghton Mifflin/Seymour Lawrence, 1991. Bass, Rick. Oil Notes. Boston: Houghton Mifflin/Seymour Lawrence, 1989. Bass, Rick. The Watch. NY: Norton, 1989. Bass, Rick. Wild to the Heart. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1987. Bass, Rick. The Deer Pasture. College Station, TX: Texas A“&”M, 1985.

From the guide to the Rick Bass Papers, R30. 1., 1986-1997 and undated, (Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University)

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creatorOf Rick Bass Papers, R12. 1., 1959-2001 and undated Southwest Collection/Special Collections Libary, Texas Tech University
referencedIn The Orion Society Audio-Visual Collection, R25. 1., 1994-2004 Southwest Collection/Special Collections Libary, Texas Tech University
creatorOf Additional Papers of Alan Cheuse 1991-1995 University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Clyde Edgerton Papers, 1918-2004 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
creatorOf Graves, John, 1920-. John Graves Papers, 1920-2006 (bulk 1946-2004). Texas State University-San Marcos, Albert B. Alkek Library
creatorOf Rick Bass Papers Collection 020., 1982-1994 Southwestern Writers Collection, Special Collections, Alkek Library, Texas State University-San Marcos
creatorOf Additional Papers Of Alan Cheuse 1991-1992 University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Rick Bass Papers, R30. 1., 1986-1997 and undated Southwest Collection/Special Collections Libary, Texas Tech University
creatorOf Bass, Rick, 1958-. Rick Bass Papers, 1958-[ongoing], (bulk 1987-1994). Texas State University-San Marcos, Albert B. Alkek Library
referencedIn Edgerton, Clyde, 1944-. Clyde Edgerton papers, 1918-2004. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf Bass, Rick, 1958-. Rick Bass Papers, 1958-2001 and undated. Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library
referencedIn Antioch Review mss., 1940-2007 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
creatorOf Harrison, Jim, 1937-. Papers, 1938- [present]. Grand Valley State University
referencedIn Edna W. Lawrence Nature Lab records, 1996-2005 Rhode Island School of Design Archives.
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associatedWith Antioch review. corporateBody
associatedWith Cheuse, Alan. person
associatedWith Edgerton, Clyde, 1944- person
associatedWith Edna W. Lawrence Nature Lab corporateBody
associatedWith Graves, John, 1920- person
associatedWith Harrison, Jim, 1937- person
associatedWith James Sowell Family Collection in Literature, Community and the Natural World. corporateBody
associatedWith Linville, James. person
associatedWith Orion Society corporateBody
associatedWith Peacock, Doug person
associatedWith Peacock, Doug. person
associatedWith Slovic, Scott, 1960- person
associatedWith Southwestern Writers Collection, Special Collections, Alkek Library, Texas State University-San Marcos corporateBody
associatedWith TARO (Texas Archival Resources Online) corporateBody
associatedWith Yaak Valley Forest Council. corporateBody
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Yaak Valley (Mont.)
Mississippi
Alabama
Texas
Yaak Valley (Mont.)
Montana
Montana
Montana
Texas
Yaak Valley (Mont.)
Mississippi
Mississippi
Montana--Yaak Valley
Alabama
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American literature
Authors, American
Conservation efforts
Environmental concerns
Grizzly bear
Hunting
Hunting
Hunting
Hunting dogs
Mexican wolf
Natural history
Natural history
Natural history in literature
Nature conservation
Nature conservation
Paris Review
Petroleum industry and trade
Petroleum industry and trade
Petroleum industry and trade
White-tailed deer
White-tailed deer
Wildlife reintroduction
Wolves
Wolves
Yaak Valley Forest Council
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