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

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.

Author: Jordan Fisher Smith
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 05/01/2006
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780618711956
ISBN10: 0618711953
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs