factandfables's review
3.0
This book started out with great promise, but I felt that Fergusen tried and failed to accomplish too many things. His writing about nature and the Thorofare was fairly standard naturalist writing that was sometimes beautiful, but too often devolved into discussions of salting and other resource use issues.
However, his examination of these issues was surface level and while it was fairly clear where he fell on the issue, he never directly addressed what he would recommend. In addition, he would often describe people's conversation, replete with misconceptions and bad science, and then never correct that information.
As one person's look at the politics of wilderness and hunting in Wyoming, it succeeded. As anything else, it felt incomplete.
However, his examination of these issues was surface level and while it was fairly clear where he fell on the issue, he never directly addressed what he would recommend. In addition, he would often describe people's conversation, replete with misconceptions and bad science, and then never correct that information.
As one person's look at the politics of wilderness and hunting in Wyoming, it succeeded. As anything else, it felt incomplete.
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