{"product_id":"stories-from-afield-bruce-l-smith-9780803288164","title":"Stories from Afield: Adventures with Wild Things in Wild Places","description":"\u003cp\u003e2017 Great Northwest Book Festival in the Nature Writing Category \u003cbr\u003e 2017 WWA Spur Awards, Finalist in Best Western Contemporary Nonfiction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Over the past four decades, Bruce L. Smith has worked with most big-game species in some of the American West's most breathtaking and challenging landscapes. In \u003ci\u003eStories from Afield\u003c\/i\u003e, readers join Smith on his adventures as a naturalist, sportsman, and wildlife biologist, as he pulls us into the field of learning and discovery across wilderness areas of western Montana, the National Elk Refuge in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and a South African temperate forest. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ranging from humorous to harrowing, Smith's essays recount capturing newborn elk calves, stalking mountain goats on icy cliffs, being stranded on a mountain after riding out a helicopter crash, confrontations with bears during his research, plus quirky and edifying hunting tales. Throughout his adventures, the magnetism and danger of wild nature are ever present, reminding us that our fascination with wildness often stems from its unpredictability. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bruce L. Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803288166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803288164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bison Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.51d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/25\/2016","brand":"Bruce L. Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990365864191,"sku":"9780803288164","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3c4ab0b6-9d5a-4327-87fa-10f64b2adcda.jpg?v=1683304264","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stories-from-afield-bruce-l-smith-9780803288164","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}