Westward & Miserable

Westward & Miserable is a picture book of sorts – a collection of paintings and stories gathered from writer and artist John Henry Haseltine’s gallery exhibitions in Livingston, Montana. It’s part regional history, part folklore, part Western mythology, but mostly it’s a book of lies ... lies equally benevolent as they are pernicious.

“Westward and Miserable is an irreverent rollick, dismantling myths and Gonzoing Western history. Haseltine illustrates his outrageous collection of tall tales and spirited yarns with originality, charm, and joyfulness.” –Betsy Gaines Quammen,
author of True West: Myth and Mending on the Far Side of America

“Sly, precise and remarkable. Haseltine [it seems] has produced this somewhat
phenomenal book with no marketing strategy beyond launching a single copy into the
ocean, hoping it washes up on a remote shore and generates a cargo cult.” –Rich Hall,
comedian, SNL alum, & author of Nailing It!: Tales from the Comedy Frontier

Westward & Miserable can also be purchased at:

https://elkriverbooks.com/haseltine/