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Patrick Dean

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Patrick Dean writes on the outdoors, outdoor athletes, and the environment. He has worked as a teacher, a political media director, and is presently the executive director of a rail-trail nonprofit. An avid trail-runner, paddler, and mountain-biker, he lives with his wife and dogs on the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee.

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Average rating: 3.81 · 171 ratings · 28 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Window to Heaven: The Daring First Ascent of Denali: America's Wildest Peak 3.68 avg rating — 133 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Nature's Messenger: Mark Catesby and His Adventures in a New World 4.24 avg rating — 37 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Roots Rocks Sky: Essays on Trail Running it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Positive Tiny Habits That Will Transform Your Life 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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Patrick Dean rated a book it was amazing Thank You, Jeeves (Jeeves, #5) by P.G. Wodehouse	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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Patrick Dean rated a book it was amazing Anthony Trollope by Victoria Glendinning	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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Patrick Dean rated a book it was amazing Several Short Sentences About Writing by Verlyn Klinkenborg	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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Patrick Dean rated a book it was amazing Newcomers: The Story of Anthony and Grietje and the Founding of New York by Alan Mikhail	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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Patrick Dean rated a book it was amazing An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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Patrick Dean rated a book really liked it I Never Met a Story I Didn't Like: Mostly True Tall Tales by Todd Snider	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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Patrick Dean rated a book it was amazing Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution by Amanda Vaill (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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Patrick Dean rated a book it was amazing This Earthly Globe: A Venetian Geographer and the Quest to Map the World by Andrea di Robilant	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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Patrick Dean rated a book it was amazing A Deadly Episode (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #6) by Anthony Horowitz (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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