“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
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.
“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
In addition to being a painter and writer, John Henry Haseltine is a frustrated theater artist, a failed filmmaker, a reviled musician and sometimes makes puppets but they aren’t super functional, and you have to be REALLY careful if you want to use them. He lives in Livingston, Montana. More at JohnHenryHaseltine.com.
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Check out John Henry’s Exhibit at the Yellowstone Art Museum!
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