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Was It Worth It? - A Wilderness Warrior's Long Trail Home (Hardcover)
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Was It Worth It? - A Wilderness Warrior's Long Trail Home (Hardcover)
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"If wilderness is outlawed, only outlaws can save wilderness."
Edward Abbey In a collection of gripping stories of adventure, Doug
Peacock, loner, iconoclast, environmentalist, and contemporary of
Edward Abbey, reflects on a life lived in the wild, asking the
question many ask in their twilight years: "Was It Worth It?"
Recounting sojourns with Abbey, but also Peter Matthiessen, Doug
Tompkins, Jim Harrison, Yvon Chouinard and others, Peacock observes
that what he calls "solitary walks" were the greatest currency he
and his buddies ever shared. He asserts that "solitude is the
deepest well I have encountered in this life," and the
introspection it affords has made him who he is: a lifelong
protector of the wilderness and its many awe-inspiring inhabitants.
With adventures both close to home (grizzlies in Yellowstone and
jaguars in the high Sonoran Desert) and farther afield (tigers in
Siberia, jaguars again in Belize, spirit bears in the wilds of
British Columbia, all the amazing birds of the Galapagos), Peacock
acknowledges that Covid 19 has put "everyone's mortality in the
lens now and it's not necessarily a telephoto shot." Peacock
recounts these adventures to try to understand and explain his
perspective on Nature: That wilderness is the only thing left worth
saving. In the tradition of Peacock's many best-selling books, Was
It Worth It? is both entertaining and thought provoking. It
challenges any reader to make certain that the answer to the
question for their own life is "Yes!"
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