Farcountry Press

10/15/2025

“With his latest book, “Edward S. Curtis, Printing the Legends,” Dr. Larry Len Peterson has produced the definitive tribute to one of the early twentieth century’s most legendary photographers.”

We’re thrilled to share that this stunning work has been recognized as a 2025 Finalist by the High Plains International Book Awards! 🎉

Check out the full review here: https://highplainsbookawards.org/reviews/

👏 Congratulations, Dr. Peterson, on another well-deserved honor!



📕 “Edward S. Curtis, Printing the Legends: Looking at Shadows in a West Lit Only by Fire”
✒️ Dr. Larry Len Peterson

📚 Available at your local bookstores, museums & gift shops from Sweetgrass Books, a division of Farcountry Press, an independent, family-owned, award-winning book publisher based in Helena, Montana!
https://www.farcountrypress.com/details.php?id=1035

10/14/2025

📢 Freelance Proofreaders & Copyeditors Wanted!

Farcountry Press is seeking professional contract freelance proofreaders and copyeditors! As an independent, family-owned publisher based in Helena, Montana, we've spent 45 years crafting high-quality books that celebrate our nation's landscapes, history, and heritage. From stunning photography books to engaging children's stories, adventure guides, and historical narratives, we take pride in publishing exceptional work—and we need detail-oriented proofreaders and copyeditors to help maintain our high standards.

✔️ Must have professional experience
✔️ Must pass a short qualifying test to ensure quality standards
✔️ Prefer proofreaders local to the Helena area
✔️ Copyeditors should be familiar with the Chicago Manual of Style
✔️ Freelance, contract-based positions

If you have a keen eye for detail and love working with books, we'd love to hear from you! Email our Director of Publications, Samantha, to learn more.



📚 Farcountry Press is an independent, family-owned, award-winning book publisher based in Helena, Montana!
https://www.farcountrypress.com/

10/10/2025

The newly re-illustrated “Who Pooped in the Park? Grand Canyon National Park” is here! 🐾💩

Join Emily, Michael, and their family as they explore the secrets of the canyon’s wildlife. From bobcats to javelinas, the critters of the Grand Canyon may be hard to spot, but their s**t and tracks are everywhere!

Perfect for curious kids, and families hitting the park trails. 👉 Pick up your copy today and get the scoop on p**p!

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📕 “Who Pooped in the Park? Grand Canyon National Park: S**t and Tracks for Kids”
✒️ Gary D. Robson
🎨 Robert Rath
📚 Available at your local bookstores, museums & gift shops from Farcountry Press, an independent, family-owned, award-winning book publisher based in Helena, Montana!
https://www.farcountrypress.com/details.php?id=1092

10/06/2025

Happy Birthday to local Helena business owner & master of the macabre, Jon Ring! 🎂

October birthdays don’t get much more perfect than his—Jon is the author of 3 chilling books, illustrated by Vinessa Sanford and produced by Sweetgrass Books.

Haunted mansions, sinister secrets, ancient samurai quests, and ghost towns with unfinished business… Jon’s stories are the perfect companions for spooky-season nights. 👻📚

Here’s to another year of spine-tingling tales, eerie imagination, and Helena pride. Happy birthday, Jon—may it be delightfully dreadful! 🖤



📕 “Sinister Traits: Visions of Terror and Tragedy”
📕 “Stained Echoes: Tales of the Mysterious and the Macabre”
📕 “The Dreadful Call and other Stories of the Supernatural and Suspense”
✒️ Jon Ring
🎨 Vinessa Sanford

📚 Available at your local bookstores, museums & gift shops from Sweetgrass Books, a division of Farcountry Press, an independent, family-owned, award-winning book publisher based in Helena, Montana!
https://www.farcountrypress.com/search.php?q=jon+ring&submit.x=0&submit.y=0&searchby=keyword&menu1=%3Fsearchby%3Dkeyword

10/03/2025

Huge congratulations to Allen Morris Jones on being named Montana’s Poet Laureate for 2025–2026 by Governor Gianforte!

Allen is a longtime Montana author, publisher, and illustrator whose work we’re proud to help share with readers. From Mumblecusser—winner of the High Plains International Book Awards—to his educational children’s series, Allen has been a champion of Montana voices and stories, and we’re proud to help share them with readers.

We can’t wait to see the creativity, advocacy, and inspiration he’ll bring to this role. Well deserved, Allen! 👏



📕 “Good Hunting for Kids”
📕 “Montana for Kids”
📕 “Yellowstone for Kids”
✒️ Allen Morris Jones
📚 Available at your local bookstores, museums & gift shops from Bangtail Press, distributed by Farcountry Press, an independent, family-owned, award-winning book publisher based in Helena, Montana!
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We're thrilled to announce that Governor Gianforte has named Allen Morris Jones of Bozeman as Montana's Poet Laureate for 2025–2026.

With a 30-year career in writing and publishing, Jones has published more than 100 poems, essays, profiles, short stories and incidental pieces. His most recent book of poetry, Mumblecusser (Drumlummon Institute, 2023) won the High Plains International Book Awards, and was his second book to be named an honor book by the Montana Book Awards. Jones is the owner/publisher of Bangtail Press, which has published numerous Montana writers since its founding.

Allen says he's thrilled to be carrying on the work of previous poets laureate like Mark Gibbons, Mandy Smoker Broaddus, Melissa Kwasny and Chris La Tray. “I’ve watched as some of the finest writers in the country have sat in this laureate chair and advocated for poetry and literature even while shaping the public dialogue. I’m grateful that I now have the opportunity to continue their work.”

Congratulations, Allen!

10/02/2025

Our very own Lea Frye—wildlife photographer and author of “Wildlife Through the Lens”—will be at the Anaconda Wildlife Art Expo this weekend!

Stop by to say hi and explore her breathtaking photography alongside other incredible wildlife artists.



📕 “Wildlife Through the Lens: Animal Stories from Montana and the Rocky Mountains”
✒️ Lea Frye & Scot Bealer
📷 Lea Frye

📕 “Marmot Babies!”
✒️ Steph Lehmann
📷 Lea Frye

📕 “Most Trout Don’t Read: Lessons from Time on the Water”
✒️ Scot Bealer
📷 Lea Frye
📚 Available at your local bookstores, museums & gift shops from Sweetgrass Books, a division of Farcountry Press, an independent, family-owned, award-winning book publisher based in Helena, Montana!
https://www.farcountrypress.com/search.php?q=lea+frye&submit.x=0&submit.y=0&searchby=keyword&menu1=%3Fsearchby%3Dkeyword

09/30/2025

Happy Birthday to chef, sommelier, and food-loving adventurer Michele Morris! 🎂

From “Tasting Colorado’s” Rocky Mountain flavors to the farm-to-table delights of “A Taste of Washington,” Michele’s recipes take us on a delicious journey through the best of local cuisine. 🍒

Wishing you a day filled with great food, good wine, and plenty of reasons to celebrate—you’ve certainly given us plenty of reasons to savor! ✨



📕 “A Taste of Washington: Favorite Recipes from the Evergreen State”
✒️ Michele Morris
📷 Michele Morris, Landon Michaels, Bryan Peterson & Charles Gurche
https://www.farcountrypress.com/details.php?id=598

📕 “Tasting Colorado: Favorite Recipes from the Centennial State”
✒️ Michele Morris
https://www.farcountrypress.com/details.php?id=534
📚 Available at your local bookstores, museums & gift shops from Farcountry Press, an independent, family-owned, award-winning book publisher based in Helena, Montana!

09/29/2025

Happy Birthday to Charlotte Caldwell! 🐄

Author and photographer of “The Cow’s Boy” and “The Cow’s Girl,” Charlotte captures the heart of ranch life—where kids grow up with grit, joy, and the occasional stubborn calf! 🤠

From dirt bikes and lassos to Black Angus narrators, her stories remind us that ranch life is equal parts hard work and adventure.

Here’s to more trails and tales ahead—wishing you a wonderful birthday, Charlotte! 🎂

Caldwell

📕 “The Cow's Boy: The Making of a Real Cowboy”
✒️ Charlotte Caldwell
https://www.farcountrypress.com/details.php?id=566

📕 “The Cow's Girl: The Making of a Real Cowgirl”
✒️ Charlotte Caldwell
https://www.farcountrypress.com/details.php?id=617
📚 Available at your local bookstores, museums & gift shops from Sweetgrass Books, a division of Farcountry Press, an independent, family-owned, award-winning book publisher based in Helena, Montana!

09/29/2025

Inventory Time! 🚨

Farcountry Press is officially in book-counting mode this week! We’ll be closed today through Wednesday, October 1st while we wrangle our shelves and make sure every title is right where it belongs.

We’ll reopen Thursday, October 2nd—refreshed, re-shelved, and ready to get books on their way to you. Thanks for your patience while we tame the stacks! 💪📚

09/26/2025

Time for a little book-counting! 📚

Farcountry Press will be closed Monday, September 29th – Wednesday, October 1st while we roll up our sleeves and do our annual inventory.

We’ll be back open for business on Thursday, October 2—rested, re-shelved, and ready to help you stock your shelves with all your favorite reads.

Thanks for your patience while we do some serious shelf-taming! 💪📖

09/25/2025

Saddle up, South Dakota! 🤠 Author Bill Markley will be at the South Dakota Festival of Books, Sept 26–28, sharing tales from his brand-new book “The Life and Times of Jim Bridger!”

Trailblazer, scout, mountain man—Jim Bridger lived larger than life, and Bill’s vivid storytelling brings his adventures in the untamed West to life. 📖

Don’t miss your chance to meet the author and snag a copy at the festival—perfect for history buffs, adventurers, and anyone who loves a good frontier legend.



📕 “The Life and Times of Jim Bridger”
✒️ .Markley.Writer
📚 Available at your local bookstores, museums & gift shops from Farcountry Press, an independent, family-owned, award-winning book publisher based in Helena, Montana!
https://www.farcountrypress.com/details.php?id=1090

09/24/2025

From wagon trains to wide-open ranges… Henry Sieben’s story is Montana history come alive! 📖

Join historian and author Ciara Ryan for a special Sieben Ranch Tour & Book Signing during the Montana History Conference, Sept. 25th from 2:00 to 4:00 PM. Discover the immigrant teen who became a Montana legend—and how his legacy still shapes ranching life today.

Don’t miss your chance to meet Ciara, explore Sieben’s story, and pick up your signed copy of “Henry Sieben and the Montana Story!” 🐎



📕 “Henry Sieben and the Montana Story”
✒️ Ciara Ryan
📚 Available at your local bookstores, museums & gift shops from The Foundation for Montana History and Sweetgrass Books, a division of Farcountry Press, an independent, family-owned, award-winning book publisher based in Helena, Montana!
https://www.farcountrypress.com/details.php?id=1086