Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park by Conor Knighton
Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park by Conor Knighton
From the Emmy-winning CBS Sunday Morning correspondent, an entertaining chronicle of his year spent traveling to every one of our National Parks, including his experiences with some of the most beautiful places--and most interesting people--that America has to offer.
When Conor Knighton decided to spend a year wandering through "America's Best Idea," he was worried the whole thing might end up being his worst idea. But, after a broken engagement and a broken heart, he desperately needed a change of scenery. The ambitious plan he cooked up went a bit overboard in that department; Knighton set out to visit every single one of America's National Parks, from Acadia to Zion.
Leave Only Footprints is the memoir of his year spent traveling across the United States, a journey that yielded his "On the Trail" series, which quickly became one of CBS Sunday Morning's most beloved segments. In this smart, informative, and often hilarious book, he'll share how his journey through these natural wonders, unchanged by man, ended up changing his worldview on everything from God to politics to love and technology. Whether it's waking up early for a naked scrub in an Arkansas bathhouse or staying up late to stargaze along our loneliest highway, Knighton goes behind the scenery to provide an unfiltered look at America. In the tradition of books like A Walk in the Woods or Turn Right at Machu Picchu, this is an irresistible mix of personal narrative and travelogue-some well-placed pop culture references, too-and a must-read for any of the 331 million yearly National Parks visitors.
Hardcover, 323 pages
Published April 7th 2020 by Crown
USED BOOK NEAR FINE CONDITION
Galapagos: The Flow of Wildness: 2. Prospect (Sierra Club Exhibit Format Series #20) by Eliot Porter
Galapagos: The Flow of Wildness: 2. Prospect (Sierra Club Exhibit Format Series #20) by Eliot Porter
PAPERBACK BOOK
160 PAGES
1970
USED BOOK IS IN GOOD CONDITION
In "The Last American Man," acclaimed journalist and fiction writer Elizabeth Gilbert offers a fresh cultural examination of contemporary American male identity and the uniquely American desire to return to the wilderness.
Gilbert explores what pushed men to settle the frontier West in the nineteenth century and delves into the history of American utopian communities. But her primary focus is on the fascinating true story of Eustace Conway, who left his comfortable suburban home at the age of seventeen to move into the Appalachian Mountains, where for the last twenty years he has lived off the land.
Conway's romantic character challenges all our assumptions about what it means to be a man today; he is a symbol of much that we feel our men should be, but rarely are. From his example, Gilbert delivers an intriguing exploration into the meaning of American manhood and-from the point of view of a woman-refracts masculine American identity in all its conflicting elements. Like Jon Krakauer's national bestseller "Into the Wild," this book will find an enthusiastic audience among women, readers of American history, and those interested in nature and the wild.
Format
271 pages, Hardcover
Published
May 13, 2002 by Viking Books
ISBN
9780670030866 (ISBN10: 0670030864)
Language
English
USED BOOK IN VERY GOOD CONDITION
JACKET IS IN GOOD CONDITION