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Award-winning Yellowstone photographer and documentary filmmaker Brad Orsted's seven-year search for refuge and redemption in America's greatest wilderness.

When Brad Orsted’s fifteen-month-old daughter, Marley, died mysteriously at the home of Brad’s mother, he descended into madness. Blaming himself, he plunged into an abyss of grief, guilt, and self-recrimination, fueled by…

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1 author picked Through the Wilderness as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This is an emotional journey like no other. Orsted suffers an unspeakable tragedy. The addictions he suffered at the time did not help. He fled to Montana to become grounded again, finding his feet among grizzly bears in Yellowstone. The book is raw. The pain in Orsted's life is visceral. But to watch someone drag themself up by their bootstraps from such a mess is humbling. I admired the honesty, the courage, and the will to keep going.

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