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Ken Lamberton

Goodreads Author

Born

in Duluth, MN, The United States

Website

http://www.kenlamberton.com

Genre

Outdoors & Nature, Nonfiction, History

Influences

Richard Shelton, Craig Childs, long walks in the desert

Member Since

July 2007

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When I published my first book Wilderness and Razor Wire (Mercury House, 2000), the San Francisco Chronicle called it an "…entirely original: an edgy, ferocious, subtly complex collection of essays….” The book won the 2002 John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing. I have published four books and more than a hundred articles and essays in places like the Los Angeles Times, Arizona Highways, the Gettysburg Review, and The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2000. In 2007, I won a Soros Justice Fellowship for my fourth book, Time of Grace: Thoughts on Nature, Family, and the Politics of Crime and Punishment (University of Arizona Press, 2007). My latest book is about Arizona’s "Dry River," the Santa Cruz.

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Ken Lamberton’s books

Average rating: 3.85 · 186 ratings · 38 reviews · 10 distinct works • Similar authors

	Wilderness and Razor Wire: A Naturalist's Observations from Prison 3.78 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Chasing Arizona: One Man's Yearlong Obsession with the Grand Canyon State 3.96 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 2014 — 2 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
	Time of Grace: Thoughts on Nature, Family, and the Politics of Crime and Punishment 3.64 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2007 — 2 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
	Beyond Desert Walls: Essays from Prison really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2005 — 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
	Dry River: Stories of Life, Death, and Redemption on the Santa Cruz 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Chiricahua Mountains: Bridging the Borders of Wildness by Ken Lamberton (Goodreads Author), Jeff Garton (Photographer) 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2003 — 2 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
	Wilderness and Razor Wire: A Naturalist's Observations from Prison by Ken Lamberton (1999) Paperback 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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
	Rain Shadow Review IV 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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
	Chasing Arizona: One ManÂ’s Yearlong Obsession with the Grand Canyon State by Lamberton, Ken(February 19, 2015) Paperback 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 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
	Time of Grace: Thoughts on Nature, Family, and the Politics of Crime and... 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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