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Stefan Bechtel

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Stefan Bechtel has been a successful investor, and a devoted gardener, for more than fifteen years. His favorite flowers are clematis, bearded iris and lilies of almost any kind. He is a founding editor of Men's Health magazine and president of the Dreaming Hand Foundation

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Date de naissance
20th century
Sexe
male
Nationalité
USA
Lieux de résidence
Free Union, Virginia, USA
Courte biographie
Stefan Bechtel is the author of ten books, his most recent including Tornado Hunter and Roar of the Heavens. A founding editor of Men's Health magazine, his work has appeared in Esquire and the Washington Post, among other publications. He lives in Free Union, Virginia.

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Wow! What a fantastic book.
All about Hurricane Camille. I had of course heard of Camille but I had no idea how powerful the storm was.
Yes Katrina caused far more damage, but that was because the area the Camille hit was no where near as built up and populated as New Orleans.
Camille was smaller in size but unlike Katrina Camille was a category 5 hurricane, with wind of over 190 mph.
I definitely knew absolutely nothing about the second punch Camille delivered two nights later on Virginia, with Nothing forecast and no warnings a couple of counties in Virginia were devastated with rainfall totals of biblical proportions. Between 17-31 inches of rain in less than 8 hours. Hills, rivers, and towns completely washed away.
This book tells the story of Camille fabulously!!
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zmagic69 | 1 autre critique | Jun 21, 2023 |
WOW! What is it about people who become famous and seem totally normal and then spend the rest of their lives devoting their sizable fortune to convincing everyone they are totally nuts? I don't doubt there are spirits and things beyond our ken. But, this guy. Well, lets be generous and say perhaps someone with a brilliant imagination can sometimes drink their own Kool-Aid. And leave it at that. Great read tho'.
 
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stickersthatmatter | May 29, 2023 |
William Hornaday was first a hunter. But he saw what hunting did to the American Bison in just a few short years - from herds in the tens of thousands in the 1870s to near extinction by 1886. He wanted to preserve the species of the world, first by hunting them for taxidermy displays (at the time the only way for laypeople to see real animals), then by founding the National Zoo and the Bronx Zoo with explicit missions of conservation, and lastly by waging a stubborn war of words against anyone who stood in the way of his goals.

A great and concise (from one person's perspective) history of the conservation movement in the United States, particularly the founding of the first few public zoos, and the intersection of this movement with Darwin's new theory of evolution. The storytelling is a little lopsided, with more than half the book about four long hunting expeditions over 10 years, less than a quarter about 6 years spent founding the National Zoo and Bronx Zoo, and the final section skimming over the remaining 30 years he spent fighting for animal conservation. It's very well researched, but mostly sourced from Hornaday's own (extensive) writing. I don't think anything in it is particularly untrue, but I would be interested to see other people's perspective of the same events, particularly the people he was fighting with. There is also only one photo in the whole book, even though I've seen photos of the events in the book in Smithsonian museums and various zoos. It's a slim book and would definitely benefit from them. Overall, very recommended for anyone interested in conservation, though those queasy about hunting could skip to chapter 13.
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norabelle414 | 1 autre critique | Jan 9, 2021 |
I registered this book at BookCrossing.com!
http://www.BookCrossing.com/journal/14598169

A selection of stories about dogs both at DogTown and in the past or present lives of DogTown staff members. Fifteen of the stories are written by Bechtel, and feature one or two dogs per chapter. These are the chapters. Intertwined with the DogTown rescue chapters are "essays": personal dog stories by trainers and veterinarians who work at DogTown. None of the stories are extraordinary in the sense that no other dog has done this or that, but all feature the overarching philosophy of Best Friends Animal Society: every dog is an individual, and every dog deserves a good life.

What this means in the real world is that Best Friends takes on the "difficult" dogs: those who are aggressive, very sick, very withdrawn, or with other issues that make them difficult to place in homes. Each dog is treated as an individual, and often unique solutions are found to problems.

It's easy to fall in love with many of the dogs in these stories. It is also easy to become fond of the trainers and the vets who work with them. Having watched the NatGeo series (Dogtown), and then having read this book, I believe that John Garcia is one of the best trainers out there, if not the best.

I give the book three stars because the writing is average. It is well worth reading nevertheless.
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slojudy | 3 autres critiques | Sep 8, 2020 |

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16
Membres
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Évaluation
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Critiques
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ISBN
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