29/04: Man v Nature
Category: American Culture
Posted by: an okie gardener
At this weekend's OpinionJournal James Tabor offers his list of the five best first-person man versus nature books. Worth a look.
When I was a boy, one of the juvenile genres in our school and public library was heroic biographies. I devoured them all: in my imagination I trekked to the North and the South Pole, caught wild animals in Africa for zoos, and explored for ancient ruins in mountain and jungle. I suppose these books are no longer on the shelf, banned by the better angels of political correctness. Too bad. Boys need to dream, even grown-up boys.
When I was a boy, one of the juvenile genres in our school and public library was heroic biographies. I devoured them all: in my imagination I trekked to the North and the South Pole, caught wild animals in Africa for zoos, and explored for ancient ruins in mountain and jungle. I suppose these books are no longer on the shelf, banned by the better angels of political correctness. Too bad. Boys need to dream, even grown-up boys.
