Writing about books, hiking, the Battle of Tarawa and more
This profile ran on p. 33 of the June 2016 issue of Tulane magazine. Kristen Baker was just 9 years old when her father died unexpectedly, and she remembers how not knowing what happened sharpened the pain of grief. “It took several months … [Continue reading]
A Land Made of Water: Appropriation and the Evolution of Colorado’s Landscape, Ditches, and Water Institutions by Robert R. Crifasi. University Press of Colorado, 424 pp. with b/w photos and illustrations. $50 (print); $40 … [Continue reading]
Good and wild: On the road with Abbey, Stegner and David Gessner All the Wild That Remains: Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, and the American West by David Gessner. W.W. Norton, 354 pp. $26.95. Sometimes it’s easy for a Westerner to forget just how … [Continue reading]
Since finishing my first thru hike last summer (Colorado Trail, July 2-26), I’ve voraciously read and listened to just about any account of thru hiking I can find. In truth, most of the published thru hiking books are worth three or fewer … [Continue reading]
America’s millennials want ground troops to fight the Islamic State in the Middle East, but when it comes to themselves, most fall back on the old classic line, “That’s not my job.” According to a December poll by the Institute of Politics at … [Continue reading]