Engaging discussions with more than 50 key people on the issues
that shape our western lands and identity.
Voices of the American West provides a stunning look at the people and issues facing the
West.
December 2009
Hardcover • $29.95
ISBN:
978-1-55591-715-9
256 pages
Contemporary
Affairs | Photography
50 B/W photographs
throughout
Voices of the American West
By Corinne Platt and Meredith Ogilby,
foreword by William Kittredge
Denver, CO (12/1/2009)—After a chance reunion, co-authors
Corinne Platt and Meredith Ogilby began a four-year journey to define the West
through its people. As they met with the major players, they asked some
essential questions of them such as: How has the West defined you? Where do you
think the West is heading, and what is your role? Are you hopeful about the
future of the West?
The answers to these questions address the different passions
and opinions regarding a multitude of issues impacting the West. As the authors
say, “These are conversations. They are not written essays, but moments of
honest, thoughtful dialogue.” Accompanying each conversation is a photograph,
taken by Ogilby, of each individual in his or her element, whether that be near
a bale of hay, on a college campus, or among a herd of sheep.
Voices of the American West tackles such topics as education, immigration, ranching,
alternative energy, wildlife habitat protection, oil and gas extraction, urban
development, and water conservation. This collection features Terry Tempest
Williams, Stewart Udall, Katie Lee, Dave Foreman, and many others.
Corinne Platt is a writer living in the old mining town of Ophir, Colorado.
She was formerly an English teacher in Carbondale, Colorado, and is now a
freelance writer and lecturer.
Meredith Ogilby is a freelance photographer and author whose images have been
published extensively in Colorado. Her book A Life Well-Rooted: Women of
Colorado’s Roaring Fork Valley won the Caroline Bancroft History Award for
the advancement of Colorado history.
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