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Author
Series
Edward Abbey volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Desert Solitaire was first published in 1968, it became the focus of a nationwide cult. Rude and sensitive. Thought-provoking and mystical. Angry and loving. Both Abbey and this book are all of these and more. Here, the legendary author of The Monkey Wrench Gang, Abbey's Road and many other critically acclaimed books vividly captures the essence of his life during three seasons as a park ranger in southeastern Utah. This is a rare view of a quest...
Author
Publisher
FalconGuides
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
"The real stories behind the scenery of Americas national parks For twelve years, Andrea Lankford lived in the biggest, most impressive national parks in the world, working a job she loved. She chaperoned baby sea turtles on their journey to sea. She pursued bad guys on her galloping patrol horse. She jumped into rescue helicopters bound for the heart of the Grand Canyon. She won arguments with bears. She slept with a few too many rattlesnakes. Hell...
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
First Harper Perennial edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 335 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Examines the extraordinary life of legendary backcountry ranger Randy Morgenson and his mysterious disappearance in California's unforgiving Sierra Nevada. Over the course of 28 summers in this craggy wilderness, Morgenson became a celebrated ranger in the National Park Service. For Morgenson, who as a young man honed his mountaineering skills in the Himalayas, this was more than a job--it was a calling. He became fiercely devoted to preventing outside...
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