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"This passionate work is a welcome and worthy addition to the growing canon of environmental literature." --Publishers Weekly Starred Review
"If wilderness is outlawed, only outlaws can save wilderness." Edward Abbey
In a collection of gripping stories of adventure, Doug Peacock, loner, iconoclast, environmentalist, and contemporary of Edward Abbey, reflects on a life lived in the wild, asking the question many ask in their twilight years: "Was It Worth It?"
Recounting sojourns with Abbey, but also Peter Matthiessen, Doug Tompkins, Jim Harrison, Yvon Chouinard and others, Peacock observes that what he calls "solitary walks" were the greatest currency he and his buddies ever shared. He asserts that "solitude is the deepest well I have encountered in this life," and the introspection it affords has made him who he is: a lifelong protector of the wilderness and its many awe-inspiring inhabitants.
In the tradition of Peacock's many best-selling books, Was It Worth It? is both entertaining and thought provoking. It challenges any reader to make certain that the answer to the question for their own life is "Yes!"
Contents
Was It Worth It? : A Wilderness Warrior's Long Trail Home
CONTENTS
Preface: Winter Count
The Hayduke Ancestry
Treasure in the Sierra Madre
Counting Sheep
Why I Don't Trophy Hunt
Sheepherder Stew for Abbey
Monsoon
Headwaters
Stalking Polar Bears with Doug Tompkins
Round River Conservation Studies
Spirit Bears
Tiger Tales
Cheating Robinson Crusoe
Galapagos
Reburying the Arrowheads
Postscript: The Perfect Bait for an Outbreak
