Far Flung: Improvisations on National Parks, Driving to Russia, Not Marrying a Ranger, the Language of Heartbreak, and Other Natu

by Cassandra Kircher

Book Overview

Cassandra Kircher was in her twenties when she was hired by the National Park Service, landing a life that allowed her to reinvent herself. For four years she collected entrance fees and worked in the dispatch office before being assigned as the first woman to patrol an isolated backcountry district of Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park. There, Kircher encountered wonder and beauty, accidents and death. Although she always suspected the mountains...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1946684945
• ISBN13: 9781946684943
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: West Virginia University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 6.8"