Wilderness is smooth sippin'-whiskey for the outdoorsman's soul. But it's also espresso for those determined to keep America's wildest places untrammeled by man.
For Jack Ward Thomas, it was both.
Wilderness Journals tells the story of how Thomas came to know the "high lonesome" and how his experiences packing into rough country with fine horses and good friends would fuel his passion and vision as chief of the U.S. Forest Service...