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Reviews of Zion Canyon: A Storied Land

“In Zion Canyon: A Storied Land, nature writer and park ranger Greer K. Chesher leads readers on a personal tour of the popular southern Utah national park. ‘Zion is its own country with its own language,’ she tells us. Fortunately, Chesher is a fluent speaker as she relates the stories of the land and people … [in] crystalline prose.”

- Bruce J. Dinges, The Journal of Arizona History

“Whether she is huddled on a ledge all night next to a roaring flash flood or just experiencing a grand vista, [Chesher’s] prose is crisp, almost chatty, always precise. Excellent word pictures…”

- W. David Laird, Pima County Public Library

Reviews of Heart of the Desert Wild: Grand Staircase—Escalante National Monument

“Chesher’s argument is straightforward and convincing, and her use of the monument as a study in how ecosystems should be managed is a valuable contribution. Moreover, her talent for combining science with a poetic style saves the science from dryness and the poetry from dripping sentimentality.”

- Heidi McIntosh, Redrock Wilderness

“Chesher’s attentive, often enthralling words combine with Liz Hymans’ striking panoramic photographs…to provide a package as informative as it is beautiful. Chesher vividly, and frequently hilariously, describes her natural subjects. She uses a…technique that places readers convincingly in the midst of her subjects…”

- The Salt Lake Tribune