"By George, I'm free!"
A smart aleck and a wise guy
Alone in a small and self-contained city
Marriage, family, and separation
The first novel and plans for the big one
The big break : the Nieman Fellowship
The big sky triumph and tracking The way West
To Hollywood and Shane and the move to Montana
Bucking the myth : These thousand hills
Down in the dumps : drink and divorce
Living with Janie and courting Carol
The old man and the young woman wed
Arfive, and speaking to the young : Earth Day
The Twin Lakes imbroglio and building the "barn"
"What happened to Boone?"
Fair land, fair land : the end of the trail
Afterword : fishing the Pishkun.
Under the big sky : a biography of A.B. Guthrie Jr. by Jackson J. Benson. ISBN 9780803222861. Published by University of Nebraska Press in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.