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CONTENTS Introduction by Mark Bryant part I THE PEOPLE Cowgirls All the Way by E. Jean Carroll John Bachar Hangs On by Craig Vetter Reckless by Laurence Shames “I Did Not Kill Chico Mendes” by Bob Reiss Chuck Jones, Alone at the Edge of Human Endurance by John Brant He Is Crazy and He Is Fearless by Bill Bryson Mel Fisher’s Morning After by Geoffrey Norman High Priest of the Low-Flow Shower Heads by Chip Brown The King of the Ferret Leggers by Donald Katz A Simple Quest by Michael McRae part II THE HOME FRONT The Heart of the Game by Thomas McGuane Swamp Odyssey by David Quammen Fuel-Injected Neolithic by Rob Schultheis The Importance of Dunes by Annick Smith This Dog Is Legend by Randy Wayne White Adirondack Reprise by Bill McKibben Outfoxing the Radish Patrol by Peter Nelson Overthrust Dreams by William Kittredge Ship of Fools by Bill Vaughn Smokey the Cop by Edward Abbey The Same River Twice by David Quammen The Propwash Chronicle by Phil Garlington part III THE NATURAL WORLD The Big Buzz by Ed Zuckerman A Staging of Snow Geese by Barry Lopez Secrets of the Stream by Rick Telander A Private Word for the Horse by Thomas McGuane A Clot in the Heart of the Earth by Grant Sims Among the Griz by Peter Matthiessen Thinking About Earthworms by David Quammen The Wolves’ Story by Rick Bass Rime of the Ancient Porcupine by Tim Cahill part IV THE WORLD OUT THERE Club Denali by Jon Krakauer Shiva Winked by Tim Cahill Moments of Doubt by David Roberts Going Places by Jim Harrison Bob Versus the Volcano by Bob Shacochis Voyage of the Smithereens by Craig Vetter My Life with the Horror by Donald Katz Postcard from the Apocalypse by Tim Cahill Costa Rica, the Twig Syndrome, and the World Record That Got Away by Randy Wayne White About the Authors
