The Devil in the Bottle (New)
God's Thunderbolt:
The Vigilantes of Montana
Montana Vigilantes (historical essays)
Vigilante Pictures -- Alder Gulch
Why Revisionist Historians are Wrong
Why is this Site Named for a Mountain Range?
William Wordsworth said that if he hadn't been a poet he would have been a landscape gardener. Wordsworth's Gardens describes the life of poetry that he lived in gardens that he designed for himself and his friends. Gardens may be changed or obliterated, but his poetry still lives, and his garden at Dove Cottage in England, was faithfully restored by the Wordsworth Trust under the leadership of Mr. George Kirkby. Hearing Mr. Kirkby recite Wordsworth's poems in the Dove Cottage garden, in his Cumbrian accent, deepened my understanding of the poetry's cadence and rhythm. Unfortunately, Mr. Kirkby died before the book was published. Dick and I dedicated Wordsworth's Gardens to him.
Published in 2001, Wordsworth's Gardens was a top ten finalist for the 2002 Washington State Book Awards, despite one curmudgeonly review from an Amazon.com reviewer who apparently did not understand the effect that high moisture content in the air of the Lake District can have on photographs.
Thanks to the immaculate editing of TTUP's Judith Keeling (now Editor-in-Chief), the book came to be a work of art in itself.
Dick, my husband (the book's photographer), and I launched the book in England at Rydal Mount, Wordsworth's home for 35 years, from 1815 until his death in 1850. We appeared on BBC Radio and were the subject of several newspaper articles.
In 2002, Dick and I were invited to give a talk and slide presentation at the Smithsonian Institution as part of its celebration of Great Britain and all things British. What a thrill!
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