Someday Johnson Creek

In this debut poetry collection, Joshua Doležal traces one summer as a ranger in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness of north Idaho, where trail maintenance provides a touchstone for childhood, American history, and masculinity. Someday Johnson Creek  takes its name from a real place and also honors Connie Saylor Johnson, who devoted more than forty years to wilderness conservation. Doležal worked with Johnson for several summers while studying poetry and creative nonfiction with Ted Kooser at