Books
Wild Forest Home
Stories of Conservation in the Pacific Northwest
The twenty-five essays in Wild Forest Home chronicle Howell’s career and personal experiences studying the wildlife of the Pacific Northwest during the litigious listing of the northern spotted owl and marbled murrelet under the Endangered Species Act and the Clinton administration’s adoption of the seminal 1994 Northwest Forest Plan.
The Marvelous Orange Tree
A Novel of the Civil War
Four months after I published my memoir, I began work on The Marvelous Orange Tree. I knew I wasn’t ready to leave the time of the Civil War, and I also knew I had things yet to learn.
Acoustic Shadows
Men at War and a Daughter Who Remembers Them
This narrative, involving travel and genealogical research, came about after I’d transcribed my great-great-grandfather’s Civil War journals.