One Winter in the Wilderness
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.29 (535 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0893012602 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-18 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
From Publishers Weekly From October 1992 to April 1993, Peek lived in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness, 3687 square miles of the "most isolated wilderness in the lower forty-eight states." Her husband, a wildlife biologist at the University of Idaho, took his sabbatical at the Taylor Ranch Field Station, owned by the university, and the newly retired Peek went along. In journal form, 55-year-old Peek records her encounters with elk, bobcat, deer, coyote, otter and especially the cougars that best complement her fascination with wildlife. Life takes on a routine of radioing daily reports to the National Weather Service, managing with five gallons of water each (compared to the American average of 20-80 gallons), and fighting cabin fever. Peek's description of mid-April resurrection of buttercups and dandelions along ice-released creeks is a delight. The journal form gravitates toward scattered repetitions (weather reports, wal
"I felt as though I was in the cabin with "Partner"" according to A Customer. This book was written from a women's point of view. I enjoyed the diary style writing. I am an outdoor person and don't know if I could stay for a whole winter in the wilderness. The author wrote about the hardships of life in the wilderness, the difficulty in traveling during the winter. She brought out some of the difficulties that mos. Hard to put down read One Winter in the Wilderness was written by Pat Peek. Her Husband, Jim Peek, is a biologist and professor at University of Idaho. The book is told by Pat Peek in a very personal manner on a day by day basis. The story takes place in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness in Idaho. This is a story that you can really get into, per. This book is an exciting adventure in the Idaho wilderness The reader follows the author and her biologist husband on a fall to spring stay in the wilds of Idaho. The vivid descriptions of their encounters with such wildlife as cougars and elk in the beautiful back country take you along on their special adventure. The story of their survival in the cold, frigid winter environment remind all of
During the disastrous forest fires of 2000, researchers and caretakers Jim and Holly Akenson helped to save the Taylor Ranch. Pat Cary Peek and her husband, James Peek, a wildlife biologist, lived among bighorn sheep, elk, deer, and the elusive mountain lion. The University of Idaho's Taylor Ranch Field Station lies at the center of Idaho's Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness, one of the most rugged and remote areas in the lower forty-eight states. Their dramatic account is an introductory essay to this new edition of Peek's award-winning book.. Peek records the humorous and sometimes frustrating events of their daily adventures in the remote backcountry. By blending area history, fiction