With the temperament of Santa Claus and the tenacity of a badger, Jack Loeffler reveals his compassion and concern for Southwestern traditional cultures and their respective habitats in the wake of Manifest Destiny. Working both as an individual and with comrades--including Edward Abbey and Gary Snyder--he was part of an early coterie of counterculturalists and environmentalists who fought to thwart the plunder of natural resources in the Southwest. Loeffler, a former jazz musician, fire lookout, museum curator, bioregionalist, and self-taught aural historian, shares his humor and imagination, his adventures, observations, reflections, and meditations along the trail in his retelling of a life well lived. In this honest memoir, he advises each and every one of us to go skinny-dipping joyfully in the flow of Nature to better understand where we're headed.

About the Author
Jack Loeffler is an aural historian, environmentalist, writer, radio producer, and sound-collage artist. He is the author of many books, including Thinking Like a Watershed: Voices from the West, Survival Along the Continental Divide: An Anthology of Interviews, and Adventures with Ed: A Portrait of Abbey (all from UNM Press).

Reviews
Over these pages, we relive Loeffler's life and learn why he might honestly come to the Title of America's most interesting and thoughtful man." - Sean Prentiss, author of Finding Abbey: The Search for Edward Abbey and His Hidden Desert Grave



Book Information
ISBN 9780826361004
Author Jack Loeffler
Format Hardback
Page Count 280
Imprint University of New Mexico Press
Publisher University of New Mexico Press
Weight(grams) 488g