Ranger Confidential: Living, Working, And Dying In The National Parks

Ranger Confidential

Living, Working, And Dying In The National Parks

2010 • 246 pages

Ratings8

Average rating3.5

15

I see that most readers gave this book more stars, but I found it depressing and a bleak take on what goes on within National Parks. It's a good thing this author got out of the Ranger business since she can't seem to see the beauty of wilderness for all the death and trauma witnessed in Parks. Surely some nice things happened during her career, but you won't read about them here.
Also, the chapters are not well connected - the book reads like a series of short, tragic essays.