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Dangerous Beauty
- Stories from the Wilds of Yellowstone
- Narrated by: Eric Martin
- Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
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- kgohl
- 09-12-17
Interesting but disjointed
This book about animals in Yellowstone seems to be composed of a series of short reports on animal behavior from four or five people. The chapters, organized by animal, tend to be repetitious, especially the first chapter on bears. Still, it's an interesting read, especially if you are a hiker looking for information on animal behavior around humans. My main complaint is that it needs a good editor.
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- in1ear (John Row)
- 06-29-17
Animal Personalities, the Majesty of Yellowstone
If you could sum up Dangerous Beauty in three words, what would they be?
Yellowstone Life Cycles
What did you like best about this story?
The stories of life in Yellowstone National Park. The personalities of the bears and other animals, the interaction of Nature, Wildlife, the Park Service and visitors. Makes me want to be there too!
Which scene was your favorite?
The first story of Scarface, then the discovery of familial connections!
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
It made me appreciate our National Parks, and how lucky we are to have them. And our obligation to preserve them for generations to come.
Any additional comments?
In my opinion, this Audible work is worth the credit and my listening time. It is certainly worth many relistenings!
Thanks for the opportunity to listen and offer my opinions on this work! A review copy was gifted to me at no charge. In return, I am happy to provide an honest review. Also at no charge.
3 people found this helpful
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- T. Winter
- 08-06-17
Interesting true accounts.
I enjoyed listening to this book with my nearly 7 year old son. We live in Alaska where bears and other dangerous wildlife are real concerns, so I make it a point to impress upon him the necessity of vigilance with these animals. Some of the stories in this book certainly helped bring these warnings to life.
Despite this healthy respect, however, my son loves animals more than anything, and there were also many more lighthearted tales here to entertain and interest him. Plenty interesting for an adult, as well!
The narration was excellent, and fit perfectly.
I received a copy of this book free from the author, publisher or narrator and have voluntarily left this review. This did not affect the thoughts and opinions I have expressed.
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- Micah Oberholtzer
- 08-02-21
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I am a hunter and I can’t tolerate people who think you can’t shoot a animal. Otherwise it’s interesting.
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- Rodney
- 06-27-21
Collection of stories from the mentally unstable
This book is full of stories from people who have nothing to do in life other spend their summer than driving out to Yellowstone on a daily basis and believing that animals are now their family. There's a couple of stories from park rangers, I'm not talking about them, but I'm talking about the weirdos who have nothing else to do with their life other than harass park animals and dot over them like they were their children -- it's pretty sad.
Here's some things I learned from the book...
Video games are bad.
Asian people are compliant.
Bears and all animals are good.
There you go.
If this book was done again with ONLY park rangers then it would have a lot more value, but these nutjobs stopping on the side of the road and putting up cones to block other drivers, they're just sad, lonely, depressed, nutjobs.
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- Marye McKenney
- 05-28-18
Great book
I guess for those of us who alredy know how dangerous wild animals can be and also have a healthy respect for them and want only their best it can get a little tiresome to red a book where you feel constantly lectured on these points. I do understand that some people need to be told repeatedly. Aside from this I found the book very entertaining and informative and extremely interesting.
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- Quail Lady
- 03-18-18
Ready For Your Roadtrip
Delightfully entertaining. Great for a roadtrip and it is a great reminder that our National Parks are still wild places. Great stories and I enjoyed the narration as well.
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- Montzalee Wittmann
- 06-29-17
An Awesome nature book, so wonderful!
What made the experience of listening to Dangerous Beauty the most enjoyable?
Dangerous Beauty: Stories from the Wilds of Yellowstone by Carolyn Jourdan and Sandy Sisti is an outstanding nature book that toyed with all my emotions. One minute I am smiling, another minute I am angry, and the next I am near tears. I had all sorts of emotions in-between too. This book is filled with a variety of great stories of the many awesome animals and beautiful nature itself of Yellowstone. The love of this magnificent place shines through with each story, the love for the animals, the plants, the land, and their jobs. I enjoyed this book so much, I didn't want the book to end. I was given an audio book to listen to by the publishers. The narrator had a calm and perfect voice for this book, and added plus to an already great book. The review is voluntary. I hope everyone has a chance to read this charming, delightful book.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
I did!
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- Joyce
- 09-30-17
Flora And Fauna Of Some Of The National Parks
My first introduction to the bear books was 'The Bear In The Back Seat' by Kim DeLozier. It was similar to this as it was experiences of park rangers, but I thought it was far funnier. This was good, but a bit stiff for my taste to be in the comedy section.
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- Anna L Thomas
- 02-20-21
Quenches that 2021 Wanderlust
Great little essays about Yellowstone. I'm planning a trip this summer and want to go somewhere, anywhere other than inside my house. This book is a temporary respite for days to come post Covid. Like listening to Nat Geo.