Meet critically acclaimed, Montana author discussing his memoir Be a Man. Russell Rowland’s father took a job as a ranch manager when Russell was ten, and it led to two of the worst years of his parents’ marriage because his mother, who grew up on a ranch in Southeastern Montana, never wanted to live on a ranch again. Rowland explores what it means to grow up a man in the west and how this period of his family’s life impacted his view of the world.
“Savvy author and journalist Russell Rowland’s revealing memoir BE A MAN belongs on the shelf of anyone of any gender who cares about the culture of “the West” and how that now impacts Americans everywhere. Rowland reveals truths and terrors behind the myths Americans are fed by movies and TV, myths and consequences that have impacted our lives in this 21st Century. This is a personal as well as a political and cultural exposure of how we all ended up where we are now, all told with Rowland’s honest, savvy, critical yet loving eye.”
James Grady, Montana native & creator of movie and TV’s CONDOR spy sagas.
Fourth-generation Montanan Russell Rowland is a critically acclaimed author of six books, a teacher, and a radio and podcast host. From the written to the spoken word, he is a true voice of the Big Sky Country.
