Best of Outside The First 20 Years

Name: Best of Outside The First 20 Years
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ISBN: 9780375703133

ISBN-10: 0375703136

ISBN-13: 9780375703133

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Authors: Outside Magazine Editors, Edward Abbey, Mark Bryant

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The man-eating proclivities of Komodo dragons. The complicated art of being a cowgirl. A picaresque ramble with a merry band of tree-cleaners. The big-wave crusaders of the world's best surfers. For the past twenty years, Outside magazine has set the standard for original and engaging reports on travel, adventure, sports, and the environment. Along the way, many of America's best journalists and storytellers--including such writers as Jon Krakauer, Tim Cahill, E. Annie Proulx, Edward Abbey, Thomas McGuane, David Quammen, and Jane Smiley--have made the magazine a venue for some of their most compelling work. The Best of Outside represents the finest the award-winning magazine has to…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 9/1/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 5.20" wide x 7.95" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Introduction


The Sporting Life


The Heart of the Game



The Last Pork Chop



La Matadora Revisa Su Maquillaje (The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup)



Into Thin Air



The Call of the Hunt



Dave Scott, Mere Mortal



Cowgirls All the Way



Life Among the Swells



Why Do We Fish?



The King of the Ferret Leggers



Private Landscapes


The High Cost of Being David Brower



Keeping America's Trees Safe from Small-Curd Bubble Wrap



Moments of Doubt



Voyage of the Smithereens



The Skiing Life



Peruvian Gothic



At Sea



Eternal Bliss or Bust



Everybody Comes to Belize



The Blackfoot Years



The World Out There


It's a Fun, Fun, Fun, Fun Country



There Must Be a God in Haiti



A Reflection on White Geese



Today Many Problems



Torched



Humble Is the Prey



Overthrust Dreams



The Big Buzz



The Storm



Going Places



No Cannibal Jokes, Please



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