Teton Country Anthology

by Robert W. Righter

This anthology presents a sampling of the finest writing on one of the more sublime landscapes of the North American continent, The Teton Range of Wyoming. These selected works are not only gracefully and lucidly written, but also reflect the engrossing history of the region known as Jackson Hole from the era of the great surveys to the fight to establish Grand Teton National Park.

196 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

Reviews

[Dee Renee Chesnut · Rating 5 out of 5]

I would have added more quotes to my progress status but the writers of the 1870s did not limit their sentences to 140 characters. This quote is from Nathaniel Langford, "There is no greater wonder in mountain scenery on the continent, than the tendency it has to shorten the distance to the eye and lengthen it to the foot."

Other contributors to this anthology are: William A. Baillie-Grohman, The Associated Press, William Owen, Owen Wister, Theodore Roosevelt, Major Sir Rose Lambert Price, George Bird Grinnell, Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson, Stephen Leek, Olaus & Margaret Murie, and Fritiof Fryxell.

Two of my favorite essays are from the section named Seeing and Settling the Country.Fannie Kemble Wister wrote about her summer of 1911 at a dude ranch and Frances Judge wrote about her Gram and Gramps who were 1892 pioneers to the valley. These add to my empathetic imagination for human perspectives to Teton Country.