Rants from the Hill

On Packrats, Bobcats, Wildfires, Curmudgeons, a Drunken Mary Kay Lady, and Other Encounters with the Wild in the High Desert

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Pub Date Jun 06 2017 | Archive Date Jun 06 2017

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“If Thoreau drank more whiskey and lived in the desert, he’d write like this.”—High Country News
 
Welcome to the land of wildfire, hypothermia, desiccation, and rattlers. The stark and inhospitable high-elevation landscape of Nevada’s Great Basin Desert may not be an obvious (or easy) place to settle down, but for self-professed desert rat Michael Branch, it’s home. Of course, living in such an unforgiving landscape gives one many things to rant about. Fortunately for us, Branch—humorist, environmentalist, and author of Raising Wild—is a prodigious ranter. From bees hiving in the walls of his house to owls trying to eat his daughters’ cat—not to mention his eccentric neighbors—adventure, humor, and irreverence abound on Branch’s small slice of the world, which he lovingly calls Ranting Hill.
“If Thoreau drank more whiskey and lived in the desert, he’d write like this.”—High Country News
 
Welcome to the land of wildfire, hypothermia, desiccation, and rattlers. The stark and inhospitable...

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ISBN 9781611804577
PRICE $19.95 (USD)
PAGES 256

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This book is a funny title about the perils of living out west and the crazy animals and nature that the author experiences. The author has a curmudgeon feel to it, and his humor is dry and contagious.

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I absolutely loved this book. I learned a lot about the high desert and laughed out loud about some of the things that happen there. Michael P Branch will keep your interest with serious and humorous essays.

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