Ranger Confidential

In this graphic and yet surprisingly funny account of her and others’ extraordinary careers Lankford unveils a world in which park rangers struggle to maintain their idealism in the face of death disillusionment and the loss of a comrade killed while holding that thin green line between protecting the park from the people the people from the park and the people from each other. <I>Ranger Confidential </I>is the story behind the scenery of the nation’s crown jewels—Yosemite Grand Canyon Yellowstone Great Smokies Denali. In these iconic landscapes where nature and humanity constantly collide scenery can be as cruel as it is redemptive.