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The last ranger : a novel / Peter Heller.
"Ren is a park ranger, tasked with duties both mundane and thrilling: breaking up fights at campgrounds, saving tourists from moose attacks, and attempting to broker an uneasy peace between the wealthy vacationers who tromp around with cameras and the locals who want to carve out a meaningful living amid this western landscape. When Ren discovers his friend Hilly, a biologist and wolf expert, nearly dead in the steel jaws of a wolf trap, he hopes it's just an accident, but the small red ribbon tied to the stake makes him fairly certain that it wasn't. What begins as an inquiry into a known poacher soon opens into the discovery of a local group of ranchers who have formed an alliance at odds with both the park and with Ren's responsibility to protect it."-- Publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593535110 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 287 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Conspiracies > Fiction. Man-woman relationships > Fiction. Park rangers > Fiction. Poachers > Fiction. Ranchers > Fiction. Yellowstone National Park > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) Novels. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Helle | 31681010332542 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
While investigating the background of a local poacher, Officer Ren Hopper, an enforcement ranger at Yellowstone National Park, discovers a frightening conspiracy, in this masterful portrait of the American West where greed, love, family and community play out amidst the stunning beauty of the natural world. - Baker & Taylor
"A lush and vivid mystery set in Yellowstone National Park where a skirmish between a local hunter and a wolf biologist turns violent, and a park ranger, facing his own personal demons, sets out to determine what really happened"-- - Random House, Inc.
The best-selling author of The River returns with a vibrant, lyrical novel about an enforcement ranger in Yellowstone National Park who likes wolves better than most people. When a clandestine range war threatens his closest friend, he must shake off his own losses and act swiftly to discover the truth and stay alive.
âA good story thatâs intertwined like leaves afloat in a river with the current of Hellerâs descriptive powers… Filled with Hellerâs lush writing… Powerful.â âDenver Post
Officer Ren Hopper is an enforcement ranger with the National Park Service, tasked with duties both mundane and thrilling: Breaking up fights at campgrounds, saving clueless tourists from moose attacks, and attempting to broker an uneasy peace between the wealthy vacationers who tromp through the park with cameras, and the residents of hardscrabble Cooke City who want to carve out a meaningful living.
When Ren, hiking through the backcountry on his day off, encounters a tall man with a dog and a gun chasing a small black bear up a hill, his hackles are raised. But what begins as an investigation into the background of a local poacher soon opens into something far murkier: A shattered windshield, a series of red ribbons tied to traps, the discovery of a frightening conspiracy, and a story of heroism gone awry.
Populated by a cast of extraordinary charactersâfamous scientists, tattooed bartenders, wildlife guides in slick Airstreamsâand bursting with unexpected humor and grace, Peter Heller masterfully unveils a portrait of the American west where our very human impulsesâfor greed, love, family, and communityâplay out amidst the stunning beauty of the natural world.
