The best of Outside: the first 20 years [1st Vintage Departures ed] 9780307765314, 0307765318

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The best of Outside: the first 20 years [1st Vintage Departures ed]
 9780307765314, 0307765318

Table of contents :
The heart of the game / Thomas McGuane --
The last pork chop / Edward Abbey --
La matadora revisa su maquillaje (The bullfighter checks her makeup) / Susan Orlean --
Into thin air / Jon Krakauer --
The call of the hunt / Jane Smiley --
Dave Scott, mere mortal / John Brant --
Cowgirls all the way / E. Jean Carroll --
Life among the swells / William Finnegan --
Why do we fish? / Randy Wayne White --
The king of the ferret leggers / Donald R. Katz --
The high cost of being David Brower / Daniel Coyle --
Keeping America's trees safe from small-curd bubble wrap / Ian Frazier --
Moments of doubt / David Roberts --
Voyage of the smithereens / Craig Vetter --
The skiing life / James Salter --
Peruvian gothic / Kate Wheeler --
At sea / Jonathan Raban --
Eternal bliss or bust / Chip Brown --
Everybody comes to Belize / Edward Hoagland --
The Blackfoot years / Annick Smith --
It's a fun, fun, fun, fun country / E. Annie Proulx --
There must be a god in Haiti / Bob Shacochis --
A reflection on white geese / Barry Lopez --
Today many problems / Laurence Shames --
Torched / Michael Paterniti --
Humble is the prey / David Quammen --
Overthrust dreams / William Kittredge --
The big buzz / Ed Zuckerman --
The storm / Sebastian Junger --
Going places / Jim Harrison --
No cannibal jokes, please / Tim Cahill.

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