John Daniel
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Nonfiction
One Writer's Natural History
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John Daniel
A disarmingly honest story of the author’s restless, rootless, disaffected youth, looking for meaning in drugs and an active outdoor life in the West. From time spent fishing, climbing, and making a living logging—as well as through friendships with writers—he developed an ethos based on the glory of living with one’s senses and an open mind.
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