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  • OBC presents Alan Weltzien and "Savage West" March 19

    Michael Cropper, AAI OBC Reviewer|Mar 17, 2022

    SEELEY LAKE - Alan Weltzien's "Savage West : The Life and Fiction of Thomas Savage" is an insightful and remarkable biography. Although Thomas Savage was one of the mountain west's best novelists, he remained virtually unknown to the reading public. Weltzien's biography paints a marvelous picture, not only of Savage's life story, but also as a complement to a major author and his work, coupled with a study of the author's life, family and parts of Montana. Weltzien will present his book this Sat...

  • Richard Manning featured at Open Book Club, Nov. 13

    Michael Cropper, AAI OBC Reviewer|Nov 11, 2021

    SEELEY LAKE - Richard Manning's new book, "If It Sounds Good, It Is Good: Seeking Subversion, Transcendence and Solace in American Music" brings another side of his life to our attention, showing us here his passion and love of music and how he taught himself to play. He shows us that we all have music, it is fundamental, a need in our lives. His whole discussion of those whom he met and played with, the greats he learned from and the friends he makes. His love of music and his path to playing...

  • Open Book Club presents author Gwen Florio and "Best Laid Plans" March 20

    Michael Cropper, AAI OBC Reviewer|Mar 18, 2021

    Put on your skates, this roller coaster will have you short of breath and sprinting in Gwen Florio's shoes as she tells the tale of a her new series detective Nora Best in "Best Laid Plans." Best is racing away from her husband, her job and home to run right into murder! And she's a suspect, jailed and out to hang. Fleeing from Denver and her cheating husband through the night in her bright new Airstream, Best arrives at an empty RV Park in Wyoming to face a new group of friends coping with thei...

  • John Fraley returns with tales of a woman in Glacier Park

    Michael Cropper, AAI Open Book Club|Feb 27, 2020

    SEELEY LAKE - John Fraley is no stranger to the Seeley-Swan Valley audience and so his new edition of "A Woman's Way West" will appeal greatly to all our readers. It tells the story of Doris Huffine, into whose family he eventually marries, who became an early pioneer in these local valleys and who left her exquisite mark on what is homeland to us. Fraley will be reading from his book at the Open Book Club on Saturday, Feb. 29 at 7 p.m. at the Grizzly Claw Trading Company. The event is free and...

  • OBC presents Jeremy Smith's "Extraordinary Story"

    Michael Cropper, AAI Open Book Club|Mar 7, 2019

    Jump out of your La-Z-Boy® and into your jet propelled roller blades for this amazing biography of a late 20th century naughty girl, flying on her wits and outstanding skill, to top corporate woman, completely at home in the walls of extra-normality, in her well deserved 21st century space in downtown IT land. From beginning to end of this biographic thriller, "Breaking and Entering: The Extraordinary Story of a Hacker Called "Alien", the pages turn like stadium turnstiles for the super bowl...

  • Pathfinder beholden to write the truth

    Michael Cropper, Seeley Lake, Mont.|Aug 30, 2018

    To say that I am distressed to read the Pathfinder’s banner headline and article referring to the deceptive and inaccurate petition that is circulating in the community, would be an understatement. As a community resource the Pathfinder is beholden to write the truth and the news in an impartial way and to impart to its readers, the people, reasons and facts about local life. To be a platform for some shoddy local impulses to besmirch the behavior and character of an appointed Federal officer is certainly not in the interests or support of t...

  • Come Together and Vote YES for Seeley Lake Sewer

    Michael Cropper, Seeley Lake, Mont.|Nov 24, 2016

    SEELEY LAKE - As a resident of Seeley Lake and a fairly active part of the community, my feelings concerning the possible construction of a sewage treatment plant, come a lot closer to excitement than despair. It would be a tremendous step forward to our march towards civilization than stepping back into the forests and turning our backs to the rest of the world. I am sure that most of my neighbors have similar feelings, maybe expressed somewhat differently but along these lines. But, together with most of my neighbors, I have no say in the...

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