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Patrick Dean

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Patrick Dean writes on the outdoors, outdoor athletes, and the environment. He has worked as a teacher, a political media director, and is presently the executive director of a rail-trail nonprofit. An avid trail-runner, paddler, and mountain-biker, he lives with his wife and dogs on the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee.

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Average rating: 3.84 · 160 ratings · 25 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Window to Heaven: The Daring First Ascent of Denali: America's Wildest Peak 3.72 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nature's Messenger: Mark Catesby and His Adventures in a New World 4.27 avg rating — 33 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Roots Rocks Sky: Essays on Trail Running it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Positive Tiny Habits That Will Transform Your Life 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Patrick Dean rated a book it was amazing Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2) by Dorothy L. Sayers	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Patrick Dean rated a book it was amazing Frostlines: A Journey Through Entangled Lives and Landscapes in a Warming Arctic by Neil Shea	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Patrick Dean rated a book it was amazing Summer of Fire and Blood: The German Peasants' War by Lyndal Roper	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Patrick Dean rated a book it was amazing Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness by Steve Magness (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Patrick Dean rated a book it was amazing Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1) by Leigh Bardugo (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Patrick Dean rated a book it was amazing Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1) by Dorothy L. Sayers	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Patrick Dean rated a book it was amazing A River Dream: The Writing and Art of Russell Chatham’s Clark City Press by Jamie Harrison	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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