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Lee Nellis's avatar

Given my druthers, we'd have a society in which blurring the lines as you (and Bob and Ed, and even I, sometimes) do would not be odd. Or maybe we wouldn't even perceive the career-life line?

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Bill Gallagher's avatar

What month of Trails Magazine has the feature on Bob Marshall?

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John Clayton's avatar

Issue 10 (the current issue). Thanks for asking!

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Will C. De Man's avatar

As someone that is a history teacher by day, freelance/indie writer by night, and public land activist by dead of night, I’m finding myself with lots of rods in the fire. I hadn’t heard the “sell it three times” sure by Abbey before, but I’ve been finding it to be a crucial strategy in keeping all the plates spinning. I’m using the same research to teach a summer class on NPS history, do some national monument analysis in my Substack, and do a little historic narrative writing for another website. Thanks for this piece— I love your writing and really glad I discovered more of it here on Substack.

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John Clayton's avatar

Three modes, because people learn in different ways. Thanks for your work!

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