Desert Solitaire
A memoir and nature writing classic recounting the author's seasons as a park ranger in the Arches National Monument of Utah. It blends vivid descriptions of the desert landscape with sharp polemics against industrial tourism and the destruction of wilderness.
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Ranked #523 of 1942 · 271 pages · Published 1968
Mentioned 2× on The Joe Rogan Experience across 2 episodes, most recently on Oct 7, 2021.
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Book data: ISBN 9780671695880. Page count from Open Library (median of editions). Cover via Open Library Covers.