{"product_id":"was-it-worth-it-a-wilderness-warriors-long-trail-home-hardcover","title":"Was It Worth It?: A Wilderness Warrior's Long Trail Home - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDoug Peacock\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This passionate work is a welcome and worthy addition to the growing canon of environmental literature.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003eStarred Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"If wilderness is outlawed, only outlaws can save wilderness.\" Edward Abbey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a collection of gripping stories of adventure, Doug Peacock, loner, iconoclast, environmentalist, and contemporary of Edward Abbey, reflects on a life lived in the wild, asking the question many ask in their twilight years: \"Was It Worth It?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecounting sojourns with Abbey, but also Peter Matthiessen, Doug Tompkins, Jim Harrison, Yvon Chouinard and others, Peacock observes that what he calls \"solitary walks\" were the greatest currency he and his buddies ever shared. He asserts that \"solitude is the deepest well I have encountered in this life,\" and the introspection it affords has made him who he is: a lifelong protector of the wilderness and its many awe-inspiring inhabitants. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of Peacock's many best-selling books, \u003ci\u003eWas It Worth It?\u003c\/i\u003e is both entertaining and thought provoking. It challenges any reader to make certain that the answer to the question for their own life is \"Yes!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor, Vietnam veteran, filmmaker and naturalist \u003cb\u003eDoug Peacock\u003c\/b\u003e has published widely on wilderness issues: from grizzly bears to buffalo, from the Sierra Madres of the Sonoran Desert to the fjords of British Columbia, from the tigers of Siberia to the blue sheep of Nepal. Peacock was a Green Beret medic and the real-life model for Edward Abbey's George Washington Hayduke in \u003ci\u003eThe Monkey Wrench Gang\u003c\/i\u003e. Peacock was granted an Arts and Letters Award in Literature from the Academy of Arts and Letters in 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.6 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 25, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50334277239021,"sku":"9781952338045","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/xeErfS2Anp9781952338045.webp?v=1785008421","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-ca\/products\/was-it-worth-it-a-wilderness-warriors-long-trail-home-hardcover","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}