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Dirt Work: An Education in the Woods

Dirt Work:  An Education in the Woods

Author(s): Christine Byl

Location(s): Alaska, Canada

Genre(s): Nonfiction

Era(s): Current, 2000

The author first encountered the national parks the way most of us do: on vacation. But after she graduated from college, broke and ready for a new challenge, she joined a Glacier National Park trails crew as a seasonal “trail dog,” maintaining mountain trails. The author embraces the backbreaking work, and eventually moves to Alaska, Denali National Park where her seasonal career continues.

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