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Description edit
The real stories behind the scenery of America’s national parks For twelve years, Andrea Lankford lived in the biggest, most impressive national parks in the world, working a job she loved. She chaperoned baby sea turtles on their journey to sea. She pursued bad guys on her galloping... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Mary Litell Hinson: Add a description of this character.
- Cale Shaffer
- Chris Fors
- Brittney
- Bryan Wisher
- Jan Davis
- Mike Archer
- Horning
- Motsko
- Gambalie
- Noel Mcjunkin
- Osman
- Billy Shott
- El Capitan
- Annie
- Powell
- Amanda
- Denali
- Lobo
- Fisher
- Danny
- Billie
- Mcdevitt
- Victor Hall
- Hsiao-hui
- Vanessa Butterfly
- Kent Delbon
- Keith Lober
- Robinson
Organizations edit
First Sentence edit
Nude from the waist down, the woman arched her back off the gurney and kicked a padded ankle restraint across the room.
Table of Contents edit
Introduction
1. This Is Your Brain on the Grand Canyon
2. Plover Patrol
3. Faint at Heart
4. As Yosemite Falls
5. Our First Summers in the Sierra
6. Dead Bear Walking
7. The Ranger Olympics
8. A Girl in Boys Town
9. The Partner
10. The Tell-Tale Backpack
11. Mary, the Split-Tail Clerk-Typist
12. Gateway to the Underworld
13. Scorpion Karma
14. Predator-Prey Relationship
15. Cruel World
16. Crash
17. A Cold Wet One
18. Dry Heat
19. The Devil's Corkscrew
20. Friday the Thirteenth
21. The Gut of Darkness
22. Thunder and Lightning
23. Pine Pigs
24. Dangerous Types
25. Thanksgiving Ledge
26. Stuck in the Fee Booth
27. What's So Wonderful about Wonder Lake?
28. Separation Canyon
29. Place of Emergence
30. The Ranger's Burden
31. The Last Call
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Index
About the Author
Authors & Contributors edit
- Andrea Lankford (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Falcon
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 0762752637
Page Count: 256
Publisher: Falcon
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 0762752637
Page Count: 256
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 333.78309273
Subjects edit
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Specific Groups › Adventurers & Explorers
- Books › Outdoors & Nature › Environment › Conservation
- Books › Science › Nature & Ecology
- Books › Outdoors & Nature › Ecology
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Memoirs
- Books › Outdoors & Nature › Conservation
Links to Supplemental Material edit
- Ranger Confidential: Secrets of National Park Rangers: Backpacker Magazine September 2010
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