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Many of the men and women doing today's most consequential environmental work-restoring America's grasslands, wildlife, soil, rivers, wetlands, and oceans-would not call themselves environmentalists: they would be too uneasy with the connotations of that word. What drives them is their deep love of the land-the iconic terrain where explorers and cowboys, pioneers and riverboat captains forged the American identity. They feel a moral responsibility to preserve this heritage and natural wealth. Unfolding as a journey down the Mississippi River, Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman tells the stories of five representatives of this stewardship movement: a Montana rancher, a Kansas farmer, a Mississippi riverman, a Louisiana shrimper, and a Gulf fisherman. In exploring the essential geographies they protect as well as their work and family histories, Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman challenges pervasive and powerful myths about both American and environmental values.

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Miriam Horn worked for the U.S. Forest Service on timber management, mine reclamation, and education before becoming a journalist. She spent fifteen years writing for U.S. News & World Report, The New York Times, Smithsonian, and other publications before she joined the Environmental Defense Fund. As an author and co-author, she writes about environmental issues. Chris Andrew Ciulla is a versatile performer who has narrated over fifty audiobooks in genres including science fiction, fantasy, thrillers, and romance. He particularly excels at narrating sports-related nonfiction due to being a former sports radio host and a re-occurring sports show guest. In addition to narrating audiobooks, he does frequent film, television, and on-camera commercial work and has also voiced characters for the popular videogames Fallout 4 and Mafia III.

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