{"product_id":"letters-from-yellowstone-isbn-9780140291810","title":"Letters from Yellowstone","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor readers of Larry McMurtry’s \u003ci\u003eLonesome Dove\u003c\/i\u003e, Elizabeth Gilbert\u003cb\u003e’\u003c\/b\u003es\u003ci\u003e The Signature of All Things\u003c\/i\u003e, and Hope Jahren’s \u003ci\u003eLab Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, Diane Smith’s warmhearted and award-winning epistolary novel about a spunky young woman who joins a makeshift field study in Yellowstone National Park at the end of the nineteenth century\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e“I loved this book in a way that I haven’t loved a book in some time.” —James Welch, author of \u003ci\u003eFools Crow\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the spring of 1898, A. E. (Alexandria) Bartram—a spirited young woman with a love for botany—is invited to join a field study in Yellowstone National Park. The study’s leader, a mild-mannered professor from Montana, assumes she is a man, and is less than pleased to discover the truth. Once the scientists overcome the shock of having a woman on their team, they forge ahead on a summer of adventure, forming an enlightening web of relationships as they move from Mammoth Hot Springs to a camp high in the backcountry. But as they make their way collecting amid Yellowstone’s beauty, the group is splintered by differing views on science, nature, and economics. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Brimming with humor, excitement, and the romance of the Yellowstone landscape, \u003ci\u003eLetters from Yellowstone\u003c\/i\u003e is a love letter to the joys of scientific discovery and America’s majestic natural beauty, as well as a thoughtful reflection on environmentalism, Native American displacement, and feminism at the dawn of a new century.\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book Award for Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “If you’ve ever visited Yellowstone National Park or even thought about going there, you’ll enjoy \u003ci\u003eLetters from Yellowstone\u003c\/i\u003e. . . . A pleasurable story which does full justice to America’s greatest natural wonderland.” —\u003ci\u003eParade\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Insightful . . . \u003ci\u003eLetters from Yellowstone \u003c\/i\u003echarms with natural surprises.” —\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The magic of a Yellowstone summer shimmers here enticingly.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “An intrepid heroine and an ineffectual but lovable hero grapple with a supporting cast of eccentric characters in first-time novelist Diane Smith’s virtuoso \u003ci\u003eLetters from Yellowstone\u003c\/i\u003e . . . There’s surprising grit in this portrait of Yellowstone, and real charm in this quietly original debut.” —\u003ci\u003eElle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Serenely attentive, deliberately paced, as careful with psychology and history as it is with its botany, Smith's epistolary narrative makes a worthy addition to the expanding category of history-of-science novels.\" —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“A beautifully written and highly original first novel. It’s been a long time since I’ve read a first book that pleased me more.” —Larry McMurtry, Pulitzer-Prize winning author of \u003ci\u003eLonesome Dove\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “\u003ci\u003eLetters from Yellowstone \u003c\/i\u003ehas it all—great story, engaging characters, fascinating history, science in the making, and all the awesome beauty of Yellowstone Park. Diane Smith is a completely wonderful writer.” —James Welch, author of \u003ci\u003eWinter in the Blood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A beautifully written epistolary story . . . The author brings an authenticity to the controversies about scientific method and the environment as well as the expedition’s finds. . . . This debut novel is an intelligent story, a charmer with style.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Denver Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Simply and brilliantly captures that time when the American wilderness was still a pristine, awe-inspiring place.” —\u003ci\u003eRocky Mountain News\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Diane Smith has written a book with real magic and grace. The prose glistens and the story lingers with elegant power.” —Thomas McGuane, author of \u003ci\u003eNinety-Two in the Shade\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiane Smith\u003c\/b\u003e studied western and environmental history at the University of Montana, and has lived in Montana for most of her life. Her first novel,\u003ci\u003e Letters from Yellowstone\u003c\/i\u003e, was the winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Fiction Prize and was nominated in the fiction category for the Mountains and Plains Booksellers Book Awards.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301972332773,"sku":"NP9780140291810","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140291810.jpg?v=1767731382","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/letters-from-yellowstone-isbn-9780140291810","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}