Rants from the Hill by Michael P Branch

Rants from the Hill by Michael P Branch

If Thoreau drank more whiskey and lived in the desert, he'd write like this.--High Country News

Welcome to the land of wildfire, hypothermia, desiccation, and rattlers. The stark and inhospitable high-elevation landscape of Nevada's Great Basin Desert may not be an obvious (or easy) place to settle down, but for self-professed desert rat Michael Branch, it's home. Of course, living in such an unforgiving landscape gives one many things to rant about. Fortunately for us, Branch--humorist, environmentalist, and author of Raising Wild--is a prodigious ranter. From bees hiving in the walls of his house to owls trying to eat his daughters' cat--not to mention his eccentric neighbors--adventure, humor, and irreverence abound on Branch's small slice of the world, which he lovingly calls Ranting Hill.

One Christmas, young Michael Branch was surprised with a gift he never thought to ask for but loved at first sight. Under the tree he found a refurbished mechanical typewriter, rescued by Santa from a repair shop to make the holiday seem fuller on a family's tight budget. That gift led to a job in newspapers, a career in magazines, and a love for writing. He has come to the end of himself more times than he can count in matters of family (as son, sibling, husband, foster parent, and parent), vocation (as business owner, freelancer, and cubicle resident), health (with Lyme disease), and church (as vestryman, elder, and men's ministry host). Like you, he knows hurt. Michael and his wife live in Ft. Worth, Texas, near their four children and a dozen grandchildren.

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ISBN 13	9781611804577
ISBN 10	1611804574
Title	Rants from the Hill
Author	Michael P Branch
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Shambhala Publications Inc
Year published	2017-06-06
Number of pages	232
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