Goatwalking: A Guide to Wildland Living

I read this book right after I finished my own wilderness-wandering, in the same part of the desert that Corbett wandered in before he died. Go to Wikepedia and search for Jim Corbett. You'll find that he was an intensely inspiring person. Read his book and you'll find he was a fantastic writer too. Your jaw will be dropping. Read it.

This singular and highly important book should not be out of print. Corbett writes on life, faith, and action in a poetic and prophetic voice. His call is toward a far more difficult path than one finds in much of what passes for "religious" action in today's society. His mind is on fire, and he ranges over a vast, and seemingly unrelated realm of subjects including politics, philosophy, faith, ecology, civil disobedience, wilderness survival, and how to raise (and slaughter) goats. Somehow he manages to pull it all together into a seamless whole. His suggestions for building a truly catholic (in the all inclusive form of the word) church point the way toward a true morality, something greatly needed in these times of moral posturing by our leading politicians and religious leaders.This book is a must read for anyone interested in considering where our society has gone astray, and how we can return to the true path.

This book is part journal and part manifesto of Jim Corbett's experience trekking back and forth across the Sonoran Desert as a "coyote"guide for Mexican, Guatamalan and Equedoran refugees from the 'covert' destabilization campaigns that the US was waging in Central America in the 1980s. Equal parts goatherder and revolutionary, Corbett covers in detail a variety of issues ranging from the dietary requirements of goats and people in the desert to an account of the legal hassles Guatamalan refugees encountered after successfully walking across the desert to the apparent safety of Tucson AZ. This book is a poetic snapshot of the people affected by last stages of the US's outdated coldwar policies and an educated loner who gave a damn.