sandyd's review
5.0
A surprising and moving book of essays on wildlife, ecology, crime, and incarceration in the desert southwest. The author was a young high school biology teacher who lost his head and ran away with one of his 14 year old students.
Half way through his 12 year prison term, he began writing these incredible pieces, on his family, his connection to the natural world, and how you can find wilderness in the most controlled artificial environments (lots of bugs, prisoners secretly feeding the birds, watching the toads in the exercise yard, etc). This is an amazing book, well written, thoughtful, and gut-wrenching.
Half way through his 12 year prison term, he began writing these incredible pieces, on his family, his connection to the natural world, and how you can find wilderness in the most controlled artificial environments (lots of bugs, prisoners secretly feeding the birds, watching the toads in the exercise yard, etc). This is an amazing book, well written, thoughtful, and gut-wrenching.
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