Amy: I got this book as a Kindle First/Prime Reads book back in November of 2019 and only just pulled it off my TBR for a reading challenge. That Wild Country is fiftyish percent memoir of various camping and fishing trips and fiftyish percent meditation on the history, importance and place of public lands in the US. While I usually don't like memoirs, the stories shared here were tolerable and well woven into the fabric of the text. The author's exploration of the history of public lands in the US left a whole lot of details out - John Muir would be rolling in his grave at the way the rise of the Hetch Hetchy reservoir is described here - but is mostly ok. The biggest problem I have is that - by trying to be as inclusive as possible, presumably to drum up support for public lands by including more people as public land users - the author also includes and defends those who should be condemned, not defended. The most egregious example of this comes in this passage:
"I wondered how different the experience must be for the folks outside the park in their jacked-up trucks, roaring across the landscape and ripping up dust, rock, and sand. Did they feel something here too? Was that...
United States on Feb 04, 2021
Tharren: Fan of Mark Kenyon and his podcast along with the meat eater crew! Great read so far recommend!
Canada on Feb 23, 2020
BKind2Books: I am a National Park addict - I have made it a point to always visit the national parks available to all Americans whenever I'm near one. My favorite is the one I'm closest to and thus have visited the most - the Great Smoky Mountains NP. But I think that Glacier NP has to run a close second - this jewel of Western Montana is so lovely, with landscapes and vistas so sweeping and majestic that they almost defy description. The wildlife is so varied, from the small pika to mountain goats and bighorn sheep to grizzly bears. So this book - part a history of the many types of public lands (it's not just national parks) and how they came into being and how they are managed, and part a travelogue and personal journey of the author's through some of America's most pristine places - appealed to me on many levels. Some of these are places I've visited, or want to visit, while others are places I'm unlikely to go and yet I feel richer knowing that they are there for all Americans.
Americans as a nation own an incredible 28% of our land as public lands - 640 million acres. It's not just national parks, but also wildernesses, wildlife refuges, national forests, and other publicly...
United States on Jan 02, 2020
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| Sale off | $4 OFF | $4 OFF | $4 OFF |
| Total Reviews | 98 reviews | 252 reviews | 102 reviews |
| Item Weight | 12 ounces | 1.05 pounds | 12.6 ounces |
| Traveler & Explorer Biographies | Traveler & Explorer Biographies | ||
| Best Sellers Rank | #155 in Environmentalism#347 in Traveler & Explorer Biographies#2,886 in Memoirs | #71 in Environmentalism#175 in Pop Culture Art#194 in Animal Coloring Books for Grown-Ups | #254 in Green Housecleaning#420 in Home Cleaning, Caretaking & Relocating#543 in Environmentalism |
| Language | English | English | English |
| ISBN-10 | 1542043069 | 0593183703 | 1529049725 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1542043069 | 978-0593183700 | 978-1529049725 |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4/5 stars of 3,661 ratings | 4.8/5 stars of 3,480 ratings | 4.8/5 stars of 1,986 ratings |
| Publisher | Little A | Plume; Illustrated edition | Bluebird |
| Dimensions | 5.5 x 1 x 8.25 inches | 10 x 0.4 x 9.98 inches | 5.43 x 1.1 x 8.03 inches |
| Memoirs (Books) | Memoirs | ||
| Environmentalism | Environmentalism | Environmentalism | Environmentalism |
| Paperback | 299 pages | 96 pages |
United States on Oct 29, 2023