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Title: Hawks Rest: A Season in the Remote Heart of Yellowstone by Gary Ferguson ISBN: 0-7922-6891-1 Publisher: National Geographic Pub. Date: April, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.22 (9 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: A Mixed Season
Comment: Yellowstone needs an Ed Abbey, it needs an outspoken and opinionated, brawling, ornery cuss. Someone who will say what is wrong and what is right. Unfortunately, Gary Ferguson isn't that person. His writing is fluid and occasionally graceful and there is no doubt he loves the land. But in this book he is rarely able to truly deliver a sense of wonder or transfer it to the reader. We can never close our eyes and see a grizzly sparring with a wolf pack or a fledgling bald eagle peering down from the nest. Having hiked and hunted in the Thorofare my whole life I was hoping for something more evocative.
Although he shines a light on the good-old-boy cronyism that transforms the Teton Wilderness into a collection of outfitter fiefdoms every year, he doesn't really get down and dirty and rake the muck. Sure he throws a few weak jabs here and there at the big commercial guides and their dour hands, but mostly he just steps out of the way of the issue. In the end, the book adds just a bit to our collected knowledge of the Yellowstone ecosystem.
More damaging than a few redneck salt licks up a drainage someplace are the trophy home subdivisions encroaching the park on all sides. These developments are grinding up the habitat in ways an outfitter could never accomplish, and they are being built by those who profess to love the country the most. Ferguson takes a brief stroll down that path before turning aside - perhaps in his next book?
Rating: 5
Summary: Beautiful and Troubling
Comment: If you're looking for nothing more than a happy-go-lucky escape, where Bambi runs free and all is right with the world, don't bother with Hawks Rest. But if you want an honest look at the most remote place left in the lower 48 - both the beauty and the insanity - this is the book. While living in Wyoming I came to this region on several occasions, mostly as a hunter, and I saw first hand the kind of cronyism that exists there: illegal salting, chain saws, and a hatred of wolves that was clear off the charts. The LA Times had it right: Hawks Rest is "an eloquent tribute to a threatened place and its lone protectors."
Rating: 5
Summary: A Great Read!
Comment: I found this book to be a fascinating read. It is beautifully, poetically written, and takes you along on Gary Ferguson's journey to one of our country's most special wilderness areas. Although the story is not always a happy one, I finished the book with a sense of hope. It is a must read if you cherish the backcountry.
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Title: Walking Down the Wild: A Journey Through the Yellowstone Rockies by Gary Ferguson ISBN: 1560445750 Publisher: Falcon Pub. Date: 01 January, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Yellowstone Wolves, the First Year: The First Year by Gary Ferguson ISBN: 1560445009 Publisher: Falcon Pub. Date: 01 May, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Lewis and Clark among the Grizzlies: Legend and Legacy in the American West by Paul Schullery ISBN: 0762725249 Publisher: Falcon Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Yellowstone Wolves in the Wild by James C. Halfpenny ISBN: 1931832269 Publisher: Riverbend Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Beyond Wolves: The Politics of Wolf Recovery and Management by Martin A. Nie ISBN: 0816639787 Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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