Cutthroat: A Journey Through the Native American West

Beginning in 1995, Michael Graybrook traveled to remote areas of the American West to take photographs of the trout underwater and released them unharmed. Cutthroat begins with an introduction about the "quest," his methods, and a brief primer about trout biology and ongoing conservation efforts to preserve these unique American fish. Main chapters arranged by each of the cutthroat subspecies, twelve in all, include stunning habitat shots and multiple large reproductions of Graybrook's photographs of the fish. Along the way he encounters wildfires, grizzly bears, rattlesnakes, curious state troopers, lightning storms, flood, oppressive heat, frigid nights, bad food, and impossible roads. He is rewarded with magical solitude, breathtaking natural beauty, and after twenty years of traveling, a collection of some of the most strikingly beautiful natural history images ever captured on film.