books by Ted Kerasote

books by Ted Kerasote

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Ted Kerasote

Heart of Home: People, Wildlife, Place

Ted Kerasote

The Lyons Press, 2003

Pleasant, personal essays.
Heart of Home is a wonderfull collection of essays by a man who appreciates the natural world and writes about it beautifully. Kerasote writes from personal experiences in a very intimate manner. He is a believable and knowledgable author, resulting in an easy to read ...

In Praise of Labs: Celebrating the World's Greatest Dog

Voyageur Press, 2007

Owners of Labrador retrievers know that if dogs are truly man's best friend, then their dogs are the best of the best. Hunter or beloved companion, presidential pet or canine star, the trusty dogs intelligence, loyalty, and sweet nature have made it America's most popular breed. In this delightful book, the lab gets its due. As great writers of ...

Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog

Ted Kerasote

Harcourt, 2007

The best of a thousand
I've read a thousand books, and most I'd consider good as I try to be discriminating with my reading. By good, I mean in the sense that I've been delighted, enriched, made to laugh out loud, and shown countless insights into living and this life we share. With no ...

Bloodties: Nature, Culture, and the Hunt

Ted Kerasote

Kodansha Globe, 1997

An intelligent, balanced discussion of the ethics of hunting
The author presents an intelligent, balanced discussion about the ethics of hunting arguably one of the best ever written. Kerasote, hunter, environmentalist, and ethicist, presents three examples of hunting: subsistence hunting with the Eskimo, big game trophy ...

Out There

Ted Kerasote

Voyageur Press, 2004

Brilliant Outdoor Writing
This book was the first time I have read Kerasote - I completed it in two sessions. I thought it was brilliantly written. It had an educated style, which means I enjoyed occasionally checking some less common words (but cleverly appropriate)in my dictionary. This ...

Navigations

Ted Kerasote

Vintage, 1989

A true nature lover
I read this after enjoying Merle's Door and was surprised to find writing of a higher level; MD was solidly written, but some of this book is quite poetic. Composed of various magazine articles and some essays written for the book, Navigations details fishing, skiing ...

Return of the Wild: The Future Of Our National Lands

Island Press, 2001

Compelling treatise for saving wilderness
This book does a marvelous job, through its various voices, of making the case for protecting our publicly owned domain as part of the National Wilderness Preservation System. The essayists are some of today's most renown nature and political writers, and the content ...

Merle's Door 12-Copy Floor Display: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog
Ted Kerasote

Harvest Books, 2008

How would dogs live if they were free? Would they choose to remain near their human friends? Merle and Ted found each other in the Utah desert—Merle was living wild and Ted was looking for a pup to keep him company. As their bond grew, they taught each other new ways to think and live: Ted taught Merle how to live around wildlife, Merle ...