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In the Arms of Mountains
Rural America deserves more than an elegy: a powerful story of hope, resilience, and political resistance where you least expect it, from Idahoâs first openly LGBTQ+ lawmaker
"One doesnât need to be queer to feel seen, heard, and empowered. ...A reminder that activists need to believe that the impossible can happen."
âCarole King, singer, songwriter, activist, and author of A Natural Woman
Cole LeFavour was 11 years old when their hippie parents moved the family to a guest ranch in Idaho. Hours to the north, as the LeFavours unpacked pots and pans, Richard Butler dreamed of establishing a white separatist nation. Itâs here, in one of the reddest states on the map, where Cole learned to raise ducklings, hike the wilderness alone, and build political resistance where you'd least expect it.
This is the story rural America deserves to tellâand that the rest of the country needs to hear. Follow LeFavourâs journey from their 2-mile walk to the school bus along a dirt road to their monumental election as Idahoâs first openly queer state senator. Cole recounts anti-apartheid protests at Berkeley, the solitary life of a fire lookout, and the gravitational pull of unexpected romance and loss. In the Arms of Mountains is a memoir with dirt under its nails and heart on its sleeve. It shatters the carefully constructed âmonolithic heartlandâ myth and rewrites Hillbilly Elegyâs bleak epitaph.
Haunting, hopeful, and full of fight, Coleâs story reminds us of whatâs possible when we look beyond red and blue, right and left, to meet each other at the edge of the wild.
"One doesnât need to be queer to feel seen, heard, and empowered. ...A reminder that activists need to believe that the impossible can happen."
âCarole King, singer, songwriter, activist, and author of A Natural Woman
Cole LeFavour was 11 years old when their hippie parents moved the family to a guest ranch in Idaho. Hours to the north, as the LeFavours unpacked pots and pans, Richard Butler dreamed of establishing a white separatist nation. Itâs here, in one of the reddest states on the map, where Cole learned to raise ducklings, hike the wilderness alone, and build political resistance where you'd least expect it.
This is the story rural America deserves to tellâand that the rest of the country needs to hear. Follow LeFavourâs journey from their 2-mile walk to the school bus along a dirt road to their monumental election as Idahoâs first openly queer state senator. Cole recounts anti-apartheid protests at Berkeley, the solitary life of a fire lookout, and the gravitational pull of unexpected romance and loss. In the Arms of Mountains is a memoir with dirt under its nails and heart on its sleeve. It shatters the carefully constructed âmonolithic heartlandâ myth and rewrites Hillbilly Elegyâs bleak epitaph.
Haunting, hopeful, and full of fight, Coleâs story reminds us of whatâs possible when we look beyond red and blue, right and left, to meet each other at the edge of the wild.
Rural America deserves more than an elegy: a powerful story of hope, resilience, and political resistance where you least expect it, from Idahoâs first openly LGBTQ+ lawmaker
"One doesnât need to be queer to feel seen, heard, and empowered. ...A reminder that activists need to believe that the impossible can happen."
âCarole King, singer, songwriter, activist, and author of A Natural Woman
Cole LeFavour was 11 years old when their hippie parents moved the family to a guest ranch in Idaho. Hours to the north, as the LeFavours unpacked pots and pans, Richard Butler dreamed of establishing a white separatist nation. Itâs here, in one of the reddest states on the map, where Cole learned to raise ducklings, hike the wilderness alone, and build political resistance where you'd least expect it.
This is the story rural America deserves to tellâand that the rest of the country needs to hear. Follow LeFavourâs journey from their 2-mile walk to the school bus along a dirt road to their monumental election as Idahoâs first openly queer state senator. Cole recounts anti-apartheid protests at Berkeley, the solitary life of a fire lookout, and the gravitational pull of unexpected romance and loss. In the Arms of Mountains is a memoir with dirt under its nails and heart on its sleeve. It shatters the carefully constructed âmonolithic heartlandâ myth and rewrites Hillbilly Elegyâs bleak epitaph.
Haunting, hopeful, and full of fight, Coleâs story reminds us of whatâs possible when we look beyond red and blue, right and left, to meet each other at the edge of the wild.
"One doesnât need to be queer to feel seen, heard, and empowered. ...A reminder that activists need to believe that the impossible can happen."
âCarole King, singer, songwriter, activist, and author of A Natural Woman
Cole LeFavour was 11 years old when their hippie parents moved the family to a guest ranch in Idaho. Hours to the north, as the LeFavours unpacked pots and pans, Richard Butler dreamed of establishing a white separatist nation. Itâs here, in one of the reddest states on the map, where Cole learned to raise ducklings, hike the wilderness alone, and build political resistance where you'd least expect it.
This is the story rural America deserves to tellâand that the rest of the country needs to hear. Follow LeFavourâs journey from their 2-mile walk to the school bus along a dirt road to their monumental election as Idahoâs first openly queer state senator. Cole recounts anti-apartheid protests at Berkeley, the solitary life of a fire lookout, and the gravitational pull of unexpected romance and loss. In the Arms of Mountains is a memoir with dirt under its nails and heart on its sleeve. It shatters the carefully constructed âmonolithic heartlandâ myth and rewrites Hillbilly Elegyâs bleak epitaph.
Haunting, hopeful, and full of fight, Coleâs story reminds us of whatâs possible when we look beyond red and blue, right and left, to meet each other at the edge of the wild.
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Rural America deserves more than an elegy: a powerful story of hope, resilience, and political resistance where you least expect it, from Idahoâs first openly LGBTQ+ lawmaker
"One doesnât need to be queer to feel seen, heard, and empowered. ...A reminder that activists need to believe that the impossible can happen."
âCarole King, singer, songwriter, activist, and author of A Natural Woman
Cole LeFavour was 11 years old when their hippie parents moved the family to a guest ranch in Idaho. Hours to the north, as the LeFavours unpacked pots and pans, Richard Butler dreamed of establishing a white separatist nation. Itâs here, in one of the reddest states on the map, where Cole learned to raise ducklings, hike the wilderness alone, and build political resistance where you'd least expect it.
This is the story rural America deserves to tellâand that the rest of the country needs to hear. Follow LeFavourâs journey from their 2-mile walk to the school bus along a dirt road to their monumental election as Idahoâs first openly queer state senator. Cole recounts anti-apartheid protests at Berkeley, the solitary life of a fire lookout, and the gravitational pull of unexpected romance and loss. In the Arms of Mountains is a memoir with dirt under its nails and heart on its sleeve. It shatters the carefully constructed âmonolithic heartlandâ myth and rewrites Hillbilly Elegyâs bleak epitaph.
Haunting, hopeful, and full of fight, Coleâs story reminds us of whatâs possible when we look beyond red and blue, right and left, to meet each other at the edge of the wild.
"One doesnât need to be queer to feel seen, heard, and empowered. ...A reminder that activists need to believe that the impossible can happen."
âCarole King, singer, songwriter, activist, and author of A Natural Woman
Cole LeFavour was 11 years old when their hippie parents moved the family to a guest ranch in Idaho. Hours to the north, as the LeFavours unpacked pots and pans, Richard Butler dreamed of establishing a white separatist nation. Itâs here, in one of the reddest states on the map, where Cole learned to raise ducklings, hike the wilderness alone, and build political resistance where you'd least expect it.
This is the story rural America deserves to tellâand that the rest of the country needs to hear. Follow LeFavourâs journey from their 2-mile walk to the school bus along a dirt road to their monumental election as Idahoâs first openly queer state senator. Cole recounts anti-apartheid protests at Berkeley, the solitary life of a fire lookout, and the gravitational pull of unexpected romance and loss. In the Arms of Mountains is a memoir with dirt under its nails and heart on its sleeve. It shatters the carefully constructed âmonolithic heartlandâ myth and rewrites Hillbilly Elegyâs bleak epitaph.
Haunting, hopeful, and full of fight, Coleâs story reminds us of whatâs possible when we look beyond red and blue, right and left, to meet each other at the edge of the wild.
