Bozeman, Montana
City in south-west Montana. The New Yorker writer once took phone orders at Patagonia’s mail-order office there.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patagonia’s Philosopher-King – The New Yorker | Nick Paumgarten | setting | The author recounts a brief seasonal job taking orders in Bozeman during Patagonia’s 1991-92 financial crisis, quitting early for a ski trip |
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Patagonia’s Philosopher-King – The New Yorker — Nick Paumgarten (2016)
Source: Original · Readwise highlight
For a couple of months in the fall of 1992, I had a job answering phones at Patagonia’s mail-order office, in Bozeman, Montana, where I’d just moved after graduating from college.
- Role: setting
- In the article: The author recounts a brief seasonal job taking orders in Bozeman during Patagonia’s 1991-92 financial crisis, quitting early for a ski trip.
- Why it matters: It supplies the narrator’s personal vantage and illustrates the company’s mix of idealism and strain.