Ron McFarland, the author of more than 20 books, is a professor of English at the University of Idaho.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      1. The Genre of the Self      2. The Context of Northern Rockies Memoir      3. Ivan Doig and Mark Spragg: Fathers and Sons in Place      4. Mary Clearman Blew’s and Teresa Jordan’s Western Family Albums      5. Coming to Womanhood with Kim Barnes and Judy Blunt      6. The Indian Lives of Sidner J. Larson and Janet Campbell Hale      7. The Ecomemoirs of William Kittredge and Terry Tempest Williams      Conclusions and Speculations      Chapter Notes      Works Consulted      Index

Ron McFarland, the author of more than 20 books, is a professor of English at the University of Idaho.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      1. The Genre of the Self      2. The Context of Northern Rockies Memoir      3. Ivan Doig and Mark Spragg: Fathers and Sons in Place      4. Mary Clearman Blew’s and Teresa Jordan’s Western Family Albums      5. Coming to Womanhood with Kim Barnes and Judy Blunt      6. The Indian Lives of Sidner J. Larson and Janet Campbell Hale      7. The Ecomemoirs of William Kittredge and Terry Tempest Williams      Conclusions and Speculations      Chapter Notes      Works Consulted      Index