{"product_id":"9781937226534","title":"Hawks Rest: A Season in the Remote Heart of Yellowstone","description":"\"Among the many pleasures of re–reading Gary Ferguson's \u003ci\u003eHawks Rest\u003c\/i\u003e, is finding the prose even more accomplished than remembered, the wit more agile, the observations more revelatory, its stance in the world proved once again so precisely wise. \u003ci\u003eHawks Rest\u003c\/i\u003e is a book I will return to again and again.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eMARK SPRAGG\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eWhere Rivers Change Direction\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAn Unfinished Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Gary Ferguson is one of the preeminent historians of the American West, and of the place and value of wilderness within that history. \u003ci\u003eHawk's Rest\u003c\/i\u003e is an intense journal of the politics and ecology of one of America's wildest cores, in Yellowstone National Park. In many ways, this book is an important portrait of one of the foundations of our country's democracy, and of the struggles to hold on to that idea.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eRICK BASS\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eAll the Land to Hold Us\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eHawks Rest\u003c\/i\u003e is a long step toward a user's guide to wilderness, and a reverential and beautifully said hymn to the wild.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eTIM CAHILL\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eHold the Enlightenment\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJaguars Ripped My Flesh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A lyrical and often tough–minded evocation of a summer spent in the Yellowstone backcountry, a place that is, unexpectedly, full of larger-than-life characters, some of whom are admirable and some of whom are not.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eWILLIAM KITTREDGE\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eHole in the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Nature of Generosity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Dazzling…an Edward Abbey–esque book, full of snappy vignettes and chiseled writing.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A sharp and ironic sense of what it's like to live in the American outback, twenty–first–century style.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNATURAL HISTORY MAGAZINE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A well-written work…if you love Yellowstone, a great treat.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDESERET NEWS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ferguson evoke(s) feelings of solitude, timelessness and aching beauty in the smallest details…\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE OREGONIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Mournful and defiant as a wolf howl…an eloquent tribute to a threatened place and its lone protectors.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLOS ANGELES TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHawks Rest\u003c\/i\u003e brings the wonder, politics, and wildness of one of America’s most vast and popular national parks to readers everywhere. With a new introduction by the author, this edition offers fresh insight into the condition of parks nationwide, while reintroducing readers to Ferguson's timeless tales and unique wisdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGary Ferguson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of twenty–two books including \u003ci\u003eThrough the Woods \u003c\/i\u003eand, most recently, \u003ci\u003eThe Carry Home\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives with his wife, Mary, in Montana's Beartooth Mountains, and in Portland, Oregon.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Torrey House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47174943932656,"sku":"9781937226534","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781937226534_p0.jpg?v=1763660377","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781937226534","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}