I am a huge fan of The Guardian book review and think this list will interest many of you. Phillip Connor (author of Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout) has listed his top 10 wilderness books.I’ve read Gary Snyder, John Fowles and Edward Abbey,...
Forest Park – Portland, OR (2009)This one comes from one of the great outdoor reads of our time, A Walk in the Woods, courtesy of Bill Bryson.“All the books tell you that if the grizzly comes for you, on no account should you run. This is the sort of advice you...
Great Falls National Park, VA (2010)I’m about to begin reading Richard Louv’s bestseller Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature Deficit Disorder, which argues that children need nature just as much as they need their vegetables and their...
Sawtooth Nat’l Forest, ID (2007)For those of you looking for a good outdoor adventure read, try something off this list:1) The Cactus Eaters: How I Lost My Mind – and Almost Found Myself – on the Pacific Crest Trail by Dan White2) Indian Creek...
For those who think of nature as a wild, unspoiled Eden that preserves the natural flora and fauna free from human interference, global warming has a nasty surprise in store. In his new book, “Heatstroke: Nature in an Age of Global Warming” (Island Press,...
Winter is getting old in Flagstaff:I’m ready for spring. While I’m waiting, keeping warm, I’ve been catching up on my reading. Off the Wall: Death in Yosemite is subtitled, “Gripping accounts of all known fatal mishaps in America’s first...
