Park Ranger Sequel: More True Stories From a Ranger's Career in America's National Parks

by Nancy Eileen Muleady-Mecham

In this, Nancy's second collection of her real-life adventures as a Park Ranger and as a city medic, she tells of births, deaths and life prolonged in between in her inimitable style. There's a great chapter on her training at FLETC, the federal law enforcement training school. She ventures further afield to Mt. Kilimanjaro (yes, we are aware it's not an American National Park but it's a good story) and writes about a solo expedition she made more recently in the snowy wilds of California. If you've never ventured off a tarmac trail or if you spend all your time in the wild, you can enjoy this book and learn a lot in the process.

Genres: Nonfiction

248 pages, Paperback

First published March 5, 2008

Reviews

[Kathy]

It was a slow start to really get "into" this book. I tremendously enjoyed the author's previous book about her adventures as a ranger in various US national Parks. This one began with a number of medical emergencies (she is also a paramedic) and some of the descriptions of the procedures used to help various patients were quite lengthy and liberally peppered with acronyms. After a quarter of the way through, it became more interesting and I really enjoyed the remainder.

[Aljan]

Choppy. Reads like an after incident report rather than a narrative.

[Russ]

A great follow-up to the first book, more good stories of adventures working in the national parks.

[Janice]

Another good read.

[Steve Bera]

Not as good as the first book in this series. Still worth reading.

[Chris Seals]

I loved the first book so much I had to get the second one. I enjoyed the stories, but not as good as the first book. Am waiting for Nancy's third book. 4/22/11 (I take it back) After talking to friends about this book, I realized I liked it as much as her first. I esp. liked the chapter about the guy who drove his car over the rim, and Nancy rappelled over the edge to get the body, and it rushed out to fall on her. OHMYGOSH! I have it etched in my brain. I was telling friends about it as I hiked GC with going down Kaibab.