Ranger Confidential - Living, Working, and Dying in the National Parks

Informationen zum Autor By Andrea Lankford Klappentext In this graphic and yet surprisingly funny account of her and others' extraordinary careers, Lankford unveils a world in which park rangers struggle to maintain their idealism in the face of death, disillusionment, and the loss of a comrade killed while holding that thin green line between protecting the park from the people, the people from the park, and the people from each other. Ranger Confidential is the story behind the scenery of the nation's crown jewels-Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Great Smokies, Denali. In these iconic landscapes, where nature and humanity constantly collide, scenery can be as cruel as it is redemptive. Zusammenfassung In this graphic and yet surprisingly funny account of her and others' extraordinary careers! Lankford unveils a world in which park rangers struggle to maintain their idealism in the face of danger! disillusionment! and! sometimes! death.

Product details

• Authors: Andrea Lankford, Lankford Andrea
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.04.2010
• EAN: 9780762752638
• ISBN: 978-0-7627-5263-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers, TRAVEL / Parks & Campgrounds, Caravan & camp-site guides, Travel guides: caravan & camp-site guides