The Trail Home: Nature, Imagination, and the American West

by John Daniel

An examination of the issues of land use and ecological responsibility argues against industrial and consumer profligacy, celebrates the natural mysteries of the world, and describes how humans have withdrawn from nature

Genres: Nonfiction

272 pages, Paperback

First published May 30, 1992

About the author

Born in South Carolina and raised in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., John Daniel has lived in the West since 1966. After attending and dropping out of Reed College in Portland, Oregon, he worked as a logger, railroad inspector, rock climbing instructor, hod carrier, and poet-in-the-schools. He began to write poetry and prose in the 1970s while living on a ranch in south-central Oregon. In 1982 he received a Wallace Stegner Fellowship in Poetry at Stanford University, where he then took an M.A. in English/Creative Writing and taught five years as a Jones Lecturer in Poetry and a lecturer in Freshman English. He now makes his living as a writer and itinerant teacher in workshops and writer-in-residence positions around the country. 

Reviews

[Bryan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not bad, just bland -- two attempts, two failures to engage. Life's too short.

[Judy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Written in 1992 - so a bit outdated. Some chapters better than others. His land ethic has evolved since this was written.

[Mills College Library]

508 D1845 1994