Kaniksu
By Thomas Lacy
Memoir. 146 pages, softcover, photos and illustrations, $11.95

In the early decades of the 20th century, when the Northwest still basked in the aura of its frontier days, Thomas Lacy ranged throughout the region’s magnificent mountain country. "Kaniksu: Stories of the Northwest" is a collection of memoirs, written with gentle humor and deft insight, capture the nostalgia of the Old West – northern Idaho’s Priest Lake and the Bitterroot mountains of northwestern Montana – with the inspiring landscape and the colorful personalities who shaped the character of the rural Northwest. Lacy tells well-crafted stories with a gift for description.

What they said about Kaniksu
"It may just be that Tom Lacy has combined character portraits of loggers, sourdoughs, bootleggers, foresters and ‘butterflies of the night’ with an unforgettable time and place to produce a priceless gem." – Harbor Light

"With humor and historical accuracy, Thomas Lacy recounts adventures from the 1920s into the ’60s, ranging from BRC Camp and the great Priest Lake fire to grueling hikes for non-existent fish. This is a compelling chronicle of simpler, more innocent times, a delight for historians and nostalgia buffs." – Bonner County Daily Bee