Nature Noir: A Park Ranger's Patrol in the Sierra

Synopsis

&“A nature book unlike any other…peppered with gritty, anti-romantic, all-too-real tales of cops &’n&’ bad guys in the great outdoors.&”—The San Diego Union-Tribune Jordan Fisher Smith&’s startling account of fourteen years as a park ranger thoroughly dispels our idealized visions of life in the great outdoors. Instead of scout troops and placid birdwatchers, Smith's beat—a stretch of land that has been officially condemned to be flooded—brings him into contact with drug users tweaked out to the point of violence, obsessed miners, and other dangerous creatures. In unflinchingly honest prose, he both portrays the breathtaking natural world around him and reveals the unexpectedly dark underbelly of patrolling and protecting public lands. &“Gloriously unlike anything I&’ve ever read before…gives entree into a strange, dark, and mesmerizing outdoor world that's absolutely unforgettable.&”—The Boston Globe &“By turns funny, poignant and surprising…an intimate memoir of the career of a state-park ranger. Not just any ranger, but one with a wicked pen, patrolling a doomed landscape.&”—Seattle Times/Post-Intelligencer &“Compelling…refreshingly unsentimental.&”—Barry Lopez, author of Arctic Dreams &“Smith offers a fresh perspective on our threatened environment…Nature Noir reflects the spirit of an era as did Desert Solitaire.&”—Charlotte Observer

Copyright:

2005

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

224 Pages

ISBN-13:

9780547526492

Related ISBNs:

9780618224166

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Date of Addition:

01/17/25

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Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Outdoors and Nature, Earth Sciences, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

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