{"product_id":"bear-in-the-back-seat-carolyn-jourdan-9780988564367","title":"Bear in the Back Seat: Adventures of a Wildlife Ranger in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park","description":"\u003cb\u003e#7 in the USA audio book in 2016\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e#9 in the USA Wall Street Journal best seller in 2013\u003c\/b\u003eNamed \u003cb\u003eA Top 50 Must Read for the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service.\u003c\/b\u003eNamed \u003cb\u003eA Top 10 Must-Read Books That Could Save Our National Parks and the Environment\u003c\/b\u003e along with John Muir, Henry David Thoreau, Lewis \u0026amp; Clark, Bill Bryson, and Ken Burns.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBear in the Back Seat I\u003c\/b\u003e is the first volume in a series of true stories from \" a]n extraordinary landscape populated with befuddled bears, hormonally-crazed elk, homicidal wild boars, hopelessly timid wolves, and nine million tourists, some of whom are clueless.\"\u003cbr\u003eIn Kim DeLozier's world, when sedated wild black bears wake up unexpectedly in the back seat of a helicopter in mid-flight, or in his car as he's driving down the highway, or in his office while he's talking on the phone, it's just another day in the park.\u003cbr\u003eYou'll love seeing Kim and a fellow ranger tested as they bravely take on the task of relocating 77 live skunks by sedating them with darts from homemade blowguns, especially when the pickup truck load of stinkers wakes up while still in transit.\u003cbr\u003eAn hilarious, heartwarming, and heartbreaking memoir by the chief wildlife ranger in the #1 most popular family vacation destination in the USA, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.\u003cbr\u003eFor over thirty years, Kim DeLozier acted as a referee in the wild, trying to protect millions of park visitors from one of the densest populations of wild black bears in America - and the bears from tourists who get too close.\u003cbr\u003eIt takes place in the same Smoky Mountain world as Jourdan's other national bestsellers \u003ci\u003eHeart in the Right Place\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMedicine Men\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOut on a Limb\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carolyn Jourdan, Kim DeLozier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 098856436X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780988564367\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jourdain Michael\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/23\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.39d","brand":"Carolyn Jourdan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047300624639,"sku":"9780988564367","price":9.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bc857421-d903-49fa-b153-6b2f4abdd753.jpg?v=1684989419","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bear-in-the-back-seat-carolyn-jourdan-9780988564367","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}