In this Book
- A Hunger for High Country: One Woman's Journey to the Wild in Yellowstone Country
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: Oregon State University Press
Set in the national forests surrounding Yellowstone National Park, A Hunger for High Country is part memoir and part profile of a time and place. Susan Marsh finds her background and values often place her at odds with the agency she works for, and what was supposed to be her dream job in Montana ends in sorrow and frustration after a six-year-long struggle to fit in. Humbled by her failures, and the part she played in her own downfall, she begins again in the mountains of western Wyoming where she finds refuge and inspiration in nature.
Susan Marsh shares with us not only a vivid portrait of what being a professional woman in a land management agency was like during this time period, but also of the Forest Service itself. Encounters with wolves and grizzly bears, outlaws and renegade lawmen, and moments of beauty inspired by wonder in wild country become the scenes through which Marsh’s palpable appreciation for nature are fully rendered on the page.
A Hunger for High Country will appeal to anyone interested in the Forest Service, wild land conservation, Yellowstone, and a woman’s experiences in the West.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 10
- pp. 91-104
- Chapter 11
- pp. 105-114
- Chapter 12
- pp. 115-122
- Chapter 13
- pp. 123-132
- Chapter 14
- pp. 133-142
- Chapter 15
- pp. 143-154
- Chatper 16
- pp. 155-168
- Chapter 17
- pp. 169-178
- Chapter 18
- pp. 179-190
- Chapter 19
- pp. 191-196
- Chapter 20
- pp. 197-204
- Chapter 21
- pp. 205-214
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 215-216
- Name index
- pp. 217-221