Rants from the Hill: On Packrats, Bobcats, Wildfires, Curmudgeons, a Drunken Mary Kay Lady, and Otherencounters with the Wild in the High Desert

"If Thoreau drank more whiskey and lived in the desert, he'd write like this."--High Country News

Welcome to the land of wildfire, hypothermia, desiccation, and rattlers. The stark and inhospitable high-elevation landscape of Nevada's Great Basin Desert may not be an obvious (or easy) place to settle down, but for self-professed desert rat Michael Branch, it's home. Of course, living in such an unforgiving landscape gives one many things to rant about. Fortunately for us, Branch--humorist, environmentalist, and author of Raising Wild--is a prodigious ranter. From bees hiving in the walls of his house to owls trying to eat his daughters' cat--not to mention his eccentric neighbors--adventure, humor, and irreverence abound on Branch's small slice of the world, which he lovingly calls Ranting Hill.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Roost Books
Published: 06/06/2017
ISBN: 9781611804577
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2017