Title: Ranger Confidential Pdf Living, Working, And Dying In The National Parks
Author: Andrea Lankford
Published Date: 2010
Page: 245
"You'll love this book." Ron Waters, National Outdoor Book Awards
Hell yeah, it was the best job in the world! Fortunately, Andrea survived it.
In this graphic and yet surprisingly funny account of her and others’ extraordinary careers, Lankford unveils a world in which park rangers struggle to maintain their idealism in the face of death, disillusionment, and the loss of a comrade killed while holding that thin green line between protecting the park from the people, the people from the park, and the people from each other. Ranger Confidential is the story behind the scenery of the nation’s crown jewels—Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Great Smokies, Denali. In these iconic landscapes, where nature and humanity constantly collide, scenery can be as cruel as it is redemptive.
Great Book! Well written! In this day and age of self published works, it becomes almost shocking when you read two different books - one written by an author in over his(her) head and one written by a very good author. Andrea Lankford is the latter - she is a very good author. It has been an absolute pleasure to read Lankford's book, "Ranger Confidential". I really enjoyed reading her book; I laughed, I smiled, I pictured the places she describes and the incidents she reports easily in my head. She does a very good job painting the picture with her words and I really enjoyed her writing style. I found myself chuckling more than once. She relays very good stories, discusses deeper issues within the National Park Service and tells stories of other rangers while never sounding whiny, condescending or preachy. As someone angling toward a second career as a seasonal park ranger, I've been reading several books about rangers. The first two were not very well written, never drew me in as a reader and came across as whiny and negative. Lankford is simply a good writer, and it makes the book much more enjoyable to read. Instead of waiting for the book to just end already, I was looking forward to picking it up each time and reading it, not really all that excited for it to end. That is the sign of a good, well written book. With too many poorly written books out there, it's been a pleasure read Lankford's intriguing book about National Park Service rangers and her career.Honest writing Ranger Confidential is a collection of true stories based on 12 years working in America’s most famous parks, such as the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, and Yosemite. Everyday life for rangers includes firefighting, law enforcement, search and rescue, saving people’s lives, protecting flora and fauna, fending off assaults, and identifying hikers’ distress symptoms.The tales are funny, sad, tragic, and extraordinary. The park rangers are dedicated, loyal, calm, honest, courageous, flabbergasted, disillusioned, and tired. Who knew so much happened in the parks?A ranger’s life is not a walk in the park, especially when dealing with alcoholic hikers, people undertaking illegal activities, criminals hiding out, people using the park as a garbage dump, and people who don’t want to be saved. And dealing with scorpions, snakes, bears and other wild animals.Lankford doesn’t beat about the bush when she narrates the good, the bad, and the ugly of park ranging. It’s an interesting read.
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