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Walking With The Wild Wind
Reflections On A Montana Journey

Walkin' Jim Stoltz

Tales from a man who has walked over 25,000 miles through the length breadth of
America's backcountry.

"This is the testament of one of America's most unique and devoted citizens. After wandering its wild places for decades, he understands things about this continent that few others have grasped with the same depth. His words are a great pleasure to read (he has a wry side), and a great spur to action."
- Bill McKibben
Author of "The End of Nature"

At long last! A story for those who love wilderness and the adventuring spirit. Walking With The Wild Wind is a book that will take you to the wild places, a story that shares the ups and downs, the joys and sorrows of a wilderness wanderer. Put on your hiking boots and come experience the laughter, the fears, close calls and magical times of a unique backcountry journey.

Folksinger, adventurer, photographer, activist and artist, Walkin' Jim Stoltz has taken to the backcountry of North America, walking the last wild places for months at a time, nearly every summer since 1974. For over thirty years Stoltz has celebrated the natural world through his songs and concerts.

Now he shares his unique view of the wilderness through this personal tale of a trip through the heart of Montana's last roadless areas. He introduces us to the life of a long-distance walker, and gives us a view of the natural world many of us will never get to experience.

Jim's close calls with natural obstacles (brush fires, falls off mountains, wildlife encounters, and river crossings) are woven together with both humorous tales and more serious issues, such as the impending death of his mother and the loss of wilderness. This book is a must for anyone who has ever tossed a pack on their back and taken off into the mountains, and for all those who have dreamed of it, too.

More Praise for Walking With The Wild Wind

"Walkin' Jim Stoltz's book is an exploration and celebration of wildness and love and the nexus of the two. Not all of us can walk the length or breadth of America as Stoltz has done, but we can enjoy vicariously his exploits and insights."
- George Wuerthner,
Wilderness traveler and author of more than thirty outdoor books

"Walkin' Jim is one of those rare cases; a man with a clear, uncluttered focus in life, driven by simple, profound passions. Better yet, he has had the good grace to share it with the rest of us!"
- Alan Kesselheim
Author of many books, including "Water and Sky: Reflections of a Northern Year" and "The Wilderness Paddler's Handbook"

"My friend Jim Stoltz walks and walks and walks in the wilderness. And like a few other famous walkers--Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, Bob Marshall, and Ed Abbey--he thinks as he walks. Now he shares those thoughts with us not just in song, but in this book. Wilderness lovers will find it very worthwhile to read these wilderness-walking thoughts."
- Dave Foreman
Activist, author, and publisher of the "Wild Earth Journal"