Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Part One Howdy
5. Theme from an Imaginary Western 3
6. At a Cemetery in Salt Lake City 13
7. The Doppler Effect 16
8. Big, Wonderful 20
9. Part Two Roots
10. Finding Seedskadee 31
11. Roots 34
12. On Visiting Elinore Pruitt Stewart’s Homestead 42
13. Part Three Rist
14. Finale, Indian Summer 47
15. Money for Nothing 49
16. Crossing the Three Sisters 58
17. Dark Water, Bright Sky 63
18. On Dedicating a Statue of John Wesley Powell 67
19. Part Four Boom and Bust
20. The Cycle of Snowfields 71
21. Boom and Bust, Part One 73
22. Emma 76
23. Boom and Bust, Part Two: Economic Manic Depression 103
24. Part Five Mountains
25. Lines Composed above Big Sandy Openings 117
26. Condensed from Aqueous Vapor in the Atmosphere 119
27. Seven Horseshoes 124
28. The Longest Day 127
29. The Glaciers are Dying 132
30. Part Six Children
31. Viva 137
32. Blood, Water, and Wine 139
33. Riverview 148
34. Part Seven Charismatic Megafauna
35. Memo: Town Deer 153
36. To the Bears of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem 155
37. The Wild Horse Problem 158
38. Like a Thief in the Night 164
39. Part Eight Myth
40. Muy Frio 171
41. Part Nine Adios
42. Water’s Edge 183
43. Tethered to Earth 185
44. Notes 189
45. Bibliography 191