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Inspired by the words of Thoreau, Leopold, Abbey, and others exploring the intimate connections between people, place, and nature, Johnny Carrol Sain offers thoughtful commentary on the culture, wild places, and wild things of his home.

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"""Johnny Carroll Sain's roots are deep in the Boston Mountains of the Arkansas Ozarks, in the blending terrain where the mountains fall away to the bayous. These essays are born of an inhabitant's eye and a naturalist's sensibility combined with a hunter's and fisherman's deep study of landscape and water, rendered in prose as clear as the bare branches of a white oak against a winter sky. Like the unique place where he was born and has spent his life, Johnny is a writer of the blending terrain- philosophy and science, family and fatherhood, hard times and joy, a natural history in which human beings and the land are inseparable. It's philosophy and nature in mud-caked work boots and Carhartts worn thin and tattered at the cuffs, an old briar-torn wool shirt against the pre-dawn chill in the deer stand. And that is the best kind."" Hal Herring conservation writer, contributing editor for Field & Stream, host of Backcountry Hunter and Anglers podcast ""There's a natural grace in Sain's writing, but more than that there's an inspiring sense of wonder in it. Every piece is a walk in the woods with an old friend, a chance to see even the most familiar things in a different light."" Seamus McGraw author of A Thirsty Land and From a Taller Tower ""Awareness. Integrity. Balance. Honesty. Patience. Observation.Thoughtfulness. Emotion. Nature in the raw. You couldn't bake a batch of cookies with those particular ingredients, but you could write one hell of a book. Which is exactly what Johnny Carrol Sain has done with Hidden in the Tall Grass. Johnny offers up his unique experiences with nature, sharing his thoughts and impressions of a rural America that too few of us will ever touch or see. Part Thoreau and part Wendell Berry and part weathered barn wood, seasoned with just a hint of pollen and deer's blood, Johnny's writing opens up a world beyond the obvious; a world rife with beauty, sorrow, and unexpected clarity. You can't help but read Johnny's words and marvel at what he notices - and what so many of us miss. Hidden in the Tall Grass is an absolute treasure."" Todd Tanner outdoor writer, founder and president of Conservation Hawks"

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Johnny Carrol Sain writes about the connection between people and place from the rural Southern perspective.

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