Environmental activist and nature writer Rick Bass adopts a particularly reflective tone in The Wild Marsh, a book about the life that he and his family live in Montana's untamed Yaak Valley. "For those who want to be transported to an extraordinary place beyond the suburbs, this book offers the sensations of a cross-country pilgrimage to a wild destination over hither and yon," writes Monitor book critic Todd Wilkinson. "Oh, what a journey. Bass’s escape to the Yaak ... is ours, too."