{"product_id":"elk-love-a-montana-memoir-paperback","title":"Elk Love: A Montana Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLynne Spriggs O'Connor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving spent ten summers on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation near Glacier National Park, part of her doctoral fieldwork for a PhD in Native American Art History, forty-two-year-old Lynne Spriggs thinks of Montana as her healing place. When she moves to \"Big Sky Country\" from the East Coast in a quest to reset her life, she has high hopes for what awaits her. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGreat Falls, a farming and military town in central Montana, is \u003ci\u003enot\u003c\/i\u003e what Lynne imagined when she decided to leave city life behind. But her dream of being more connected to nature in the American West comes alive when she meets Harrison, a handsome rancher thirteen years her senior. Wary but curious, with her dog Willow by her side, she leans into the seasonal rhythms of Harrison's hidden valley and opens her heart to a wild language that moves beyond words. In a modern world where listening is rare, \u003ci\u003eElk Love\u003c\/i\u003e explores an intimate place where loneliness gives way to wonder, where the natural world speaks of what matters most.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore moving to the rural West at age forty-two, \u003cb\u003eLynne Spriggs \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eO'Connor\u003c\/b\u003e curated exhibitions of folk and self-taught art at the High Museum in Atlanta. She spent ten summers on northern Montana's Blackfeet Indian reservation while pursuing fieldwork for her PhD in Native American Art History at Columbia University. She also worked in the film industry as Production Coordinator for Spalding Gray and Jonathan Demme on the iconic \u003ci\u003eSwimming to Cambodia\u003c\/i\u003e. After landing in Montana, she curated \u003ci\u003eBison: American Icon\u003c\/i\u003e, a major permanent exhibit for the Charlie Russell Museum on bison in the Northern Plains. \u003ci\u003eElk Love\u003c\/i\u003e is her first memoir. For the past fifteen years, she and her husband have lived on a cattle ranch in an isolated Montana mountain valley east of the Rockies, where her life centers on writing, animals, and family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 18, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457597751474,"sku":"9781647426408","price":18.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/UoEgFWkaYy9781647426408.webp?v=1783019090","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/elk-love-a-montana-memoir-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}