Jordan Fisher Smith

"THIS IS STORY-TELLING AND HISTORICAL NARRATIVE OF THE HIGHEST CALIBER—CLEAR AND COMPELLING…WITH UNFORGETTABLE CHARACTERS AND A CONTEMPLATION OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH WILD NATURE”

—Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan, The National Parks: America’s Best Idea

"An intensely reported, rousingly readable and ambitiously envisioned book…”

—The Wall Street Journal

"A public lands parable masquerading as a wildly entertaining thriller”

—Outside

"SCIENTIFIC RIGOR AND REAL SUSPENSE”

—Publishers Weekly

"thoughtful, erudite work”

—Sierra

"Stunning"

—Entertainment Weekly

"SMITH’s BOOK WILL DRAW YOU IN WITH HIS PASSION, THOUGHTFULNESS AND FIRST-RATE STORY TELLING”

—Seattle Times

"A COMPELLING STORY IN THE TRADITION OF JOHN MCPHEE AND JON KRAKAUER"

—Roderick Nash, author of Wilderness and the American Mind

"SMITH HAS PULLED OFF AN AMAZING FEAT"

—Shelf Awareness for Readers

"A DRAMATIC, EYE OPENING CHRONICLE OF THE STRUGGLE TO PRESERVE WILDERNESS"

—Booklist

"A SEARCHING STUDY OF A TRAGEDY AND THE LEGAL CONTEST THAT FOLLOWED IT"

—Kirkus Reviews

“This meticulously investigated history of Yellowstone and its wildlife management problems should appeal to fans of Jack Olsen’s classic Night of the Grizzlies.”

—Library Journal