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

by Jordan Fisher Smith

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Publisher Comments:

A nature book unlike any other, 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 reveals the unexpectedly dark underbelly of patrolling and protecting public lands.

Synopsis:

Smith chronicles his 14 years as a park ranger on a huge tract of government land in the Sierras, illuminating some startling truths about America's wild lands.

About the Author

Jordan Fisher Smith has been a park ranger for more than twenty years in Idaho, Wyoming, Alaska, and California. Nature Noir is his first book. He lives with his wife and two young children in the northern Sierra Nevada.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780618711956
Subtitle:
A Park Ranger's Patrol in the Sierra
Author:
Smith, Jordan Fisher
Publisher:
Mariner Books
Location:
Boston
Subject:
Mountains
Subject:
Personal Memoirs
Subject:
Naturalists, Gardeners, Environmentalists
Subject:
Biography-Gardeners and Naturalists
Subject:
Biography - General
Copyright:
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Publication Date:
May 2006
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
224
Dimensions:
8.30x5.56x.55 in. .51 lbs.

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