《图书馆杂志》(Library Journal )书评
This is a collection of essays about the rural West written by a resident of a small Wyoming town. As Thoreau used Walden Pond, Romtvedt (Crossing Wyoming, White Pine, 1992. pap.) uses the ubiquitous windmill as metaphor. Because it brings water for livestock, agriculture, and human consumption, it stands as a beacon for life in the West. Is it irony that something so plentiful in the Westwindis used to deliver something so scarcewater? Romtvedt says that "water is the guiding rule of our lives and the most important metaphor in our vision of place...we in the interior west share...a commitment to place." In his essays on his small town, the local economy, the local culture, being a nonhunter, death, sheep, and weather, Romtvedt indeed conveys a sense of place and simple wisdom. Recommended for regional, large public, and academic libraries.Thomas K. Fry, Univ. of Denver (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.