Fear Falls Away and Other Essays from Hard and Rocky Places

by Janice Emily Bowers

Book Overview

Jan Bowers lives in the right place. A lover of nature and the outdoors, an avid hiker and backpacker, she is surrounded by mountain ridges, peaks, and canyons of almost every description. In this book, she invites us to come along and find out why some of these places are special, why some of them stay in her mind long after she has returned to the workaday world of the city. Readers have come to expect the best from this writer, termed "a rare talent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816517185
• ISBN13: 9780816517183
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 169 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A Naturalist's Journey Takes You With Her

Janice Emily Bowers writes from the heart, taking an unflinching look at nature - and herself - reflected in the ecology of Arizona: desert, mountains, peaks and canyons. I felt that I was right along with her on these explorations, and I highly recommend this book for those who enjoy outer - and inner - exploration.