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Mark J. Hainds

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in Marceline, Missouri, The United States

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male

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http://www.sweetbill.com/

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Outdoors & Nature, Nonfiction

influences

Ernest Hemingway, Mark Helprin
Kurt Vonnegut

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February 2011

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Mark Hainds is Research Coordinator for The Longleaf Alliance (LLA) and a Research Associate with Auburn University (AU). He is a lifelong hunter, fisherman, and trapper. He has studied and worked on the longleaf ecosystem for approximately two decades. Through his full-time positions with the LLA, he travels the natural range of longleaf pine from southeast Virginia to eastern Texas. He instructs landowners, biologists, foresters, and land managers on the most up-to-date methods for restoring and managing the longleaf ecosystem. In his spare time Mark collects, eats, and sells wild fruits, berries, and herbs at the Palafox Farmers Market in Pensacola, Florida. He also owns and manages HHHH Nursery and Wood Products, a small company that gr...more

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Average rating: 4.33 · 6 ratings · 1 review · 1 distinct work · Similar authors

Year of the Pig
by Mark J. Hainds (Goodreads Author), Mark Bailey (Foreword), Steven Ditchkoff (Foreword)
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Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World

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The Storyteller

by Mario Vargas Llosa

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Mark Hainds rated a book 5 of 5 stars Don't Quit Your Day Job: Acclaimed Authors and the Day Jobs They Quit by Sonny Brewer read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Having read this book at a critical juncture in my life, it may be argued that that this book exercised an undue influence upon my judgment and life’s direction. Was it causative? Or simply correlative? Either way, Don’t Quit Your Day Job deploys som...more
May 19, 2013 12:49pm · see review
Mark Hainds rated a book 5 of 5 stars My Paddle to the Sea: Eleven Days on the River of the Carolinas by John Lane read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I met John Lane a few weeks back and we traded books, his My Paddle to the Seafor my Year of the Pig. I started My Paddle to the Sea shortly thereafter, and it didn’t take long to finish. Although my schedule has been horrendous, and I haven’t done n...more
May 12, 2013 08:29pm · see review
Mark Hainds rated a book 5 of 5 stars No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy read in April, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is only the second book I have read that was written by Cormac McCarthy. I doubt I will leave any of his titles unread. I’ll have to pace myself, because once the first page has been read it is very difficult to put the book back down. That was...more
Apr 10, 2013 01:38pm · see review
Mark Hainds wants to read Wash by Margaret Wrinkle (Goodreads Author)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Mark Hainds rated a book 5 of 5 stars Eating Aliens by Jackson Landers read in February, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I just finished reading Jackson Landers book Eating Aliens. It's a little scary how close our philosophies match on the subjects of hunting and utilizing invasive species. There are many similarities with his book and mine, which is titled - Year of...more
Feb 08, 2013 09:39am · see review
Mark Hainds is currently reading Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World by Paul Stamets	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Mark Hainds rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Storyteller by Mario Vargas Llosa	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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