This novel was great. It was innovative and original. Unlike a lot of environmental books, this one wasn't dull or scientific. Instead, it reached out at you with it's practicality and simplicity. Brower uses real life examples to make his ideas tangible to the reader. This book was well written and is a modern Must Read. Get Inspired!... Read this book.

The Late David Brower takes us through the journey that was his life. With explicit detail, david brower shows us the world in his eyes. His deep passion to inspire everyone with CPR ( conservation preservation restoration) and respect for the environment in which we live in is truly written with heartfelt words, and continues to move me. Founder of Friends of the Earth and Earth Island Insitute, Browers Legacy will indeed never be forgotten. Being so involved in some of the most important national monuments to be made such as dinosaur national park, his spirit and love will forever shine through in his life work to both serve and protect mother nature in all of her natural glory. Told by Brower he takes you on the path of his life, both past and to the present, giving such details of an exciting and meaningful life, such as his times with the wonderfully talented photographer the late ansel adams, work with JFK, and much more! From start to finish this book is indeed a classic, and a wonderful tribute to the late archdruid himself.

I'm about 180 pages through the book and have been marking it up extensively for future reference. Brower does an excellent job of summarizing a lot of current and older but useful thinking on environmentalism. Each time I go back to my reading, I keep wanting to refer to earlier passages, so I look for an index. In fact that's why I'm writing this brief review. I hope that the publisher sees it and actually produces one for a future edition or printing. It would be very helpful, since I'm sure I'll want to come back to the book.

Over the last several months, I've hit upon the topic of saving the earth from another author, Daniel Quinn, the author of Ishmael. The goal is the same, but Quinn offers an alternative way of thinking that I find quite interesting. I'd like to ask both Brower and Quinn what they think of one anothers approaches, but, of course, that is now impossible in the case of Brower. If anyone knows whether they have ever met or read about one another, I'd be interested in knowing their reactions to the other's work. Since Quinn's approach is not an environmentalist's approach, I doubt that they have knowledge of one another. However, Quinn is pretty savy on all aspects of saving the earth.

I don't know if I specified it was OK to show my e-mail address, but here it is if someone wants to respond: mtn_view@sirius.com.

This book will not open a closed mind. If you believe it is impossible to hunt or fish and at the same time respect both the environment and your quarry, continue to believe so.
If you understand what it is to sometime kill what you eat, that no-one respects a critter more than those who hunt it, and if you haven't bought this book already just because it has the best title you've seen this millennium, then buy it. Buy a copy for all your friends too, or you're going to drive them crazy telling them that there's this guy who's written a book you're reading who's actual written down all those things you've been talking about for years.
Writing about them pretty well, too. Steve Chapple can really carry a sentence. Think Hemingway's elegance, Twain's wit, Heller's (in)sanity, Rachel Carson's conviction, and a transcendence of snappy modern journalese.
Those things you and you friends have been talking about? Check some of the essay titles ' The Bambi Syndrome, Killer Cats, TV Hunting, Tavern Animals, Do Fish Have Orgasms ' plus much on Vegetarians, Hypocrites, Bears, Animal Rights, Family, British People. Quite a lot on fishing, too.
However, it's the incidental detail, the lateral observation, the intelligent musing that lifts this all to a level of unique insight.
Did I mention I liked this book? The only criticism I have is some sloppy editing, maybe it was a choice between reading proofs and going fishing. Probably made the right choice.
What, finally, is an eco-redneck? I'm still not certain that I know.
But I think I may be one.

Chapple is a witty, exciting author. He based this book on an article in a 1982 issue of Mother Jones magazine. In the book, he tells the harsh truth about what happened on the "drug frontier." Everyone in it is real! Finally a book that tells the real truth about lawyers, district attorneys, and others who have been up to illegal acts. Chapple doesn't disguise any of it!

Big rivers fascinate me. Trips on them fascinate me even more. I liked his friendly way of writing about how he and his family paddled and puddled around on and off the river. His descriptions of surrounding country add to this story. I like a good story, and this is one.

Steve Chapple's story of a kayak trip down the Yellowstone touches the heart of Montana and Montanans, describing the very soul of that elusive "Montana Spirit". It is a heartwarming book of family values and community, with the excitement of the kayak trip thrown in for good measure. His expertise with the language and his ability to describe makes this one of the best books I've read in recent years!