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Includes the name: Connors, Philip.

Séries

Obras por Philip Connors

A Song for the River (2018) 36 exemplares
New West Reader (1827) 4 exemplares

Associated Works

State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America (2008) — Contribuidor — 515 exemplares
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2009 (2009) — Contribuidor — 364 exemplares

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Conhecimento Comum

Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
Iowa, USA
Locais de residência
Minnesota, USA
Iowa, USA
New Mexico, USA
Educação
University of Montana

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This was an excellent read. The author is bright, lively, and engaging in his style. I admit to being fond of the general topic having studied fire use and ecology in relation to my degrees. He cites several well known authors in the genre and talks about where he is and what might happen. In case you are squeamish he does not get graphic with the events of the past, nor of the present - he does describe them sufficiently to give a good overview and leave the reader to locate more books or information on the topics if desired.… (mais)
 
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Kiri | 35 outras críticas | Dec 24, 2023 |
This book is full of beautiful moments and reflections on society from afar. Not consistently engrossing, but well worth reading (especially if you're feeling some despair about urban life).
 
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mmparker | 35 outras críticas | Oct 24, 2023 |
In one of those coincidences that only seem to happy in the Southwest, I happened to meet [[Philip Connors]] in a bookstore in El Paso, Texas, as we both know the owner and frequent the store any time we are nearby. The owner shuffled over to me with a stack of Connors' books and encouraged me to buy them all that day - I'm glad I did.

Connors was an editor for the Arts and Leisure section of the Wall Street Journal, which might give some readers pause - but he is the self-proclaimed only socialist ever to work for the Journal. This book is a memoir of the years he tries to process his brother's suicide, blaming himself, as many do, for so long that looking back he was in all the wrong places. Eventually, he becomes a fire lookout in the Gila Wilderness in New Mexico and begins to piece his life back together looking down at the grand high desert. He characterizes himself as someone who never developed the skills to ask the right questions nor to understand the answers he received - but that self-deprecation just highlights the way his mind was working to regain a grip on reality. Because spending time in his mind while reading this book is among the most pleasant and moving experiences I've ever had reading a memoir. He is unabashedly open and keenly observes the world around him. The last time I read a memoir this cutting and worthwhile was Andrew McCarthy's [The Longest Way Home].

Connors is a once-in-a-generation writer who only awakened to the world around him once he hiked into the desert - the solemn place restoring him. His next book [Fire Season] won the National Outdoor Book Award.

Highly Recommended!!!!!
5 bones!!!!!
… (mais)
4 vote
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blackdogbooks | 3 outras críticas | Sep 4, 2023 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
4
Also by
3
Membros
578
Popularidade
#43,351
Avaliação
3.8
Críticas
44
ISBN
30
Marcado como favorito
1

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