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John Clayton
John Clayton is the author of Natural Rivals: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the Birth of Public Lands, just released in August 2019. Clayton’s research for Natural Rivals—based in part on a monthlong residency at Grey Towers, the Pinchot mansion now run by the U.S. Forest Service—has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, NPR’s “On Point,” Newsweek, Salon, The Montana Quarterly, and Big Sky Journal. His previous book, Wonderlandscape: Yellowstone National Park and the Evolution of an American Cultural Icon, won the High Plains Book Award He has also authored books including The Cowboy Girl and Stories from Montana’s Enduring Frontier. He lives in Red Lodge.