Hawks Rest : A Season in the Remote Heart of Yellowstone

English

ISBN: 0792268911

EAN: 9780792268918

Category: Nature / General/Travel / Parks & Campgrounds/Nature / Seasons/

Publisher: National Geographic Society

Release Date: 05/01/2003

Synopsis: Gary Ferguson sets off on a 140-mile hike into the most remote corner of the lower 48 states believing he will spend a quiet three months tracking wolf packs and communing with nature. The reality he encounters is entirely different. Ferguson comes to know the wild and beautiful core of greater Yellowstone as a kind of sanatorium for the disenfranchised, a way station for men riding and hiding spring to fall to escape whatever curses they imagine hovering in the culture at large. Inflamed passions over wolves is just one of the issues Ferguson confronts. He also meets greedy outfitters intent on breaking the laws, troubled juveniles acquainting themselves with nature, a loner who has an uncanny rapport with wildlife, park rangers turned enforcers, and wildlife biologists grappling with the challenges of preserving this magnificent slice of wilderness. Its a wild assortment of characters each with his own agenda. Personal, surprising, and often gripping, Hawks Rest celebrates this profusion of things fierce and vast and thrilling as it chronicles a season in Americas most beloved wilderness lands. Book jacket.

Awards: Mountains and Plains Booksellers Association Regional Book Award – null  Mountains and Plains Booksellers Association Regional Book Award – null 

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Hawks Rest : A Season in the Remote Heart of Yellowstone

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.65 inches

Width: 5.75 inches

Length: 8.75 inches

Weight: 8.82 oz

Pages: 288