Table of Contents

I have been getting requests for more information about my upcoming book, A Park Ranger's Life: Thirty Two Years Protecting Our National Parks. So here is the table of contents to give you a taste of what is to come.

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...............................1
“What Is It You Do?” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......................5
National Park Service Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................11
Fort McHenry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .........................14
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park . . ..16
The Blue Ridge Parkway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................18
Interesting People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .....................20
Supervisory Park Technician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .............. 31
The World of the Supernatural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...............43
Living in a National Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................53
Law Enforcement versus Management in the
National Park Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................58
Budgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..........................67
The Traveling Ranger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................74
Lives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............................. 85
The Interstate Fugitive and The Hound Dog Rangers . . . . 95
The Marshes of Wilkes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................106
Stop in the Name of the Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .............113
Bears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..........................120
Close Encounters of the Bear Kind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...........124
Protecting Wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....................131
Poachers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................134
The Mountain Slide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................142
Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .........................148
Which Way to Lynchburg? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .............154
The Snake Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....................158
The Dog That Saved a Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .............165
Politics in the National Parks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .............170
Creative Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................177
The Summer That Burned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............186
Lost in the Woods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................197
The Long Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................206
Drugs and Thugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................225
Inherent Dangers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................235
Sacrifice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .....................239