Off the Beaten Path: Stories of Place

by Nature Conservancy

Description

A collection of stories on the outdoors. In one, a woman's life is changed by a meeting with a bear, a second is on a fishing expedition as seen by a little girl, and in a third, a man seeking a return to nature runs into a deadly snowstorm.

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sturlington 1,335 reviews

This is a very even collection of short stories inspired by visits to places protected by the Nature Conservancy. They run the gamut from stories with an environmental message to stories about people set against wild backgrounds, but all are well written and engaging, without a clunker among them.

Feb 24, 2012 (Edited)