Good Dirt: Confessions of a Conservationist

by David E Morine, David E. Morine, Paul Flint

Book Overview

The best-selling conservation classic, completely expanded, revised, and updated

David Morine was a briefcase conservationist specializing in human nature. During his fifteen years in charge of land acquisition for The Nature Conservancy, Morine helped protect more than three million acres of wilderness, finding plenty to laugh about and learn from along the way. Here are the stories behind the deals and the people who made them--an enlightening,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00D57LEGO
• ISBN13: 9780762773640
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Funny, easy read

An environmentalist with common sense and a sense of humor. Fun reading.

Funny, funny, funny. I loved it!

Morine is no stuffy, holier than thou conservationist. He describes the business of land conservation as it really is -- one hilarious misadventure after another. This collection of delightfully humorous short stories is truly a bucketful of good dirt.