{"product_id":"riding-the-rough-string-reflections-on-the-american-west-paperback","title":"Riding the Rough String: Reflections on the American West - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eToby Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfiles, meditations, essays, and explorations...For more than forty years, Toby Thompson has been considering what it means to live and work in the American West. And now, with \u003ci\u003eRiding the Rough String\u003c\/i\u003e, a lifetime's worth of accomplishment is roped together under one cover. His wide-ranging curiosity considers not only our most luminous literary figures (Gary Snyder to Gretel Ehrlich, Thomas McGuane to Hunter Thompson) but the region's history and culture as well. Saloons and art, pickups and \u003ci\u003eA River Runs Through It\u003c\/i\u003e, Thompson shows us the West through a new lens: unique, clear-eyed, essential. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The mountains and rivers, the high plains and the good Montana people (and the funny and the not so good or funny)--the dead-on info, the stories, that's the main thing, the stories)--Toby Thompson has it right. \u003ci\u003eRiding the Rough String\u003c\/i\u003e is a fine sport and an all-day pleasure.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWilliam Kittredge\u003c\/b\u003e author of \u003ci\u003eHole in the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Toby Thompson knows Montana's bars, books, bridges, and backcountry. I'll read anything he writes.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eTim Cahill\u003c\/b\u003e author of \u003ci\u003eHold the Enlightenment\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLike the rest of the gang, Toby Thompson played it smart and went west. His sharp eye and interviewer's ear caught every nuance. \u003ci\u003eRiding the Rough String\u003c\/i\u003e sets it all down with verve and assurance.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWilliam Hjortsberg\u003c\/b\u003e author of \u003ci\u003eJubilee Hitchhiker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Toby Thompson is a writer and journalist of the old school, a standup guy who knows music and literature and walks the walk and understands the human heart. I'm honored to be included in his work.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJames Lee Burke\u003c\/b\u003e author of \u003ci\u003eCreole Belle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 282\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 15, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51779218276640,"sku":"9780982860168","price":28.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a3aa96c40eb8fb91634f66e9e27a7a3f.webp?v=1780513725","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/riding-the-rough-string-reflections-on-the-american-west-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}