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Book Review of Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness

Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness
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Helpful Score: 6


This is not a "travel" book written in the same style as today's are. It is more a philosophical look at the world with a backdrop of late '60's Moab, Utah at a period when that area of the country was much less well known and accessible. Some of the material is interesting because it is very topical to that place and time while other of it is timeless.

The format of the book is not so much a holistic story but a collection of more or less independent chapters.

The author describes the timeless glory of even the most minute details of the natural world with such elegance and context that you will never think of the natural world in the same way again. It's not usually my style of book but it is so incredibly well written that it is enjoyable to read.