Book Launch - The Bitter Roots, Norman Macleod's novel of Missoula, Montana

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Join us to celebrate the Boiler House Press - University of Montana Press reissue of Norman Macleod's 1941 Missoula novel, The Bitter Roots

Join Joanna Pocock, author of Surrender: The Call of the American West, Leif Fredrickson, professor of history at the University of Montana and co-host of the <a href="https://deathinthewestpod.com/" title="https://deathinthewestpod.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Death in the West podcast</a>, and Aaron Parrett, musician and historian and author of Literary Butte and Montana: Then and Now to discuss the latest release in the <a href="https://www.boilerhouse.press/recovered-books" title="https://www.boilerhouse.press/recovered-books" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Recovered Books series</a> The Bitter Roots by Norman Macleod, published by <a href="https://www.boilerhouse.press/" title="https://www.boilerhouse.press/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Boiler House Press</a> in partnership with the <a href="https://www.umt.edu/um-press/" title="https://www.umt.edu/um-press/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">University of Montana Press</a>.This discussion will be moderated by Brad Bigelow, editor of the Recovered Books series and of the <a href="http://www.neglectedbooks.com/" title="http://www.neglectedbooks.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">NeglectedBooks.com</a> website.

First published in 1941 and never before reissued, The Bitter Roots is a largely autobiographical novel full of evocative details of a time and place, the work of a writer coming to terms with his past. It’s a frank, unvarnished portrait of America from its entry into World War One to the start of Prohibition. Norman Macleod shows us a country struggling with racism, class prejudice, conflicts between labor and capital, and sexual stereotypes. It's also closely connected with Norman Maclean's classic Montana novel, A River Runs Through It, and includes a fictional portrait of Maclean's younger brother, Paul. A vivid coming-of-age story, The Bitter Roots reminds us that finding and holding on to your identity is one of the greatest battles there is.With an introduction by Joanna Pocock, author of Surrender: The Call of the American West and an afterword by Gabriella Graceffo, University of Montana. "Passages of genuine poetry, but above all, succeeds in capturing the life of that period, in retaining the feel of it so that any reader can see the time as it was." Louis L'Amour

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