Book summary

A collection of magazine articles by David Quammen, in which he writes about Montana's wild rivers and trout streams, among other meditations on the state of nature today.

Media reviews

"This culling of columns and magazine pieces penned for 'Outside,' 'Rolling Stone,' and 'Powder' over fifteen years reveals no damping of his passion for nature, no failure of nerve in testing his skills in the wild, and no stinting in his admiration for the pros--scientists, athletes, and other--he has encountered."