Tim Cahill has long been my favorite travel writer from his stint with Rolling Stone to his articles in Outside. Some of his best essays ae collected in his strange titled books of his trilogy, being Jaguars Ripped My Flesh,A Wolverine is Eating my Leg
I enjoy Cahill's authorial voice very much. He makes me grin a lot. This walking tour of Yellowstone was a lot of fun. It was too short! I've never been to Yellowstone, and Cahill made me want to throw a change of clothes in my backpack and just go. His nature descriptions shine here, you can hear t...
Crown journeys is a series of fourteen books that match well known writers with places they know a little something about. The authors have to do their sightseeing on foot, but I presume they can do their writing any way they please. Cahill is a successful travel writer who lives in a small town jus...
Tim Cahill's writing and humor really make this tale of his trip from Ushuaia to Prudhoe Bay a great story. His sense of humor is great--I found myself laughing out loud over and over though the book. The writing is clever and insightful. In a book that is composed almost entirely of descriptions, i...
I have spent a lot of time in Yellowstone over the years, so this book was interesting for me. I'm not sure how much appeal it would have for someone who has never been there.
Before I read this book I had been familiar with Tim Cahill's writing for Outside magazine. I'm not really sure what drew me to read this account of the horrific crimes of John Wayne Gacy, but in some respects I wish I had not. During the period I read this I was interested in what made these type o...