Writing The Wild
How does a man reconcile a passion for woods and waters with a love for family, community, and home? One way is to write about those things--the stuff that makes a life worth living.
With his "naturalist's eye for vivid detail"--work critics have also called “relentlessly honest" and "funny"--Bob Butz is a Michigan Notable Author and an award-winning essayist.
A past contributing editor to Sports Afield and TRAVERSE: Northern Michigan's Magazine, he is also a freelance copy and magazine writer who travels regularly on assignment, writing on a host of subjects ranging from fine food to fatherhood, outdoor adventure, personality profiles, and travel. Not only is he an extremely versatile and entertaining writer, Butz is also a regular radio commentator on nature and eco-political topics on Interlochen Public Radio.
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 What people are saying...
Beast of Never, Cat of God is the rare kind of non-fiction book that doesn't tell you to believe in something; instead, it makes you want to believe in something. Bob Butz has passion, curiousity and faith, which are infectious things. Reading his words is like following a mysterious and fresh set of tracks through the woods. You don't always know where they're going, but you get the feeling that it will be somewhere good.”
—Steven Rinella, American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon
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Beast of Never, Cat of God: The search for the eastern cougar
“With Beast of Never, Cat of God, Bob Butz nails the mystery and longing for something wild and primordial that lurks in all of us. Both funny and haunting, Beast of Never, Cat of God is the rarest of reads—a meditation cloaked as a real page-turner.”
—Elwood Reid, If I Don’t Six |
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An Uncrowded Place
"An Uncrowded Place" by Bob Butz is one of those books that can make one envious -- first, because some of us would give our computer to be able to write so well, and second, because some of us would like to live as Butz lives: self-sufficiently, in Michigan's north woods, away from the madding crowd.
—Javan Kienzle, Detroit Free Press
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What people are saying...
"An Uncrowded Place" by Bob Butz is one of those books that can make one envious -- first, because some of us would give our computer to be able to write so well, and second, because some of us would like to live as Butz lives: self-sufficiently, in Michigan's north woods, away from the madding crowd.
—Javan Kienzle, Detroit Free Press
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Going Out Green
At once elegant and funny as hell, Bob Butz has written the most useful book I’ve seen all year…”
—Doug Peacock, Grizzly Years: In Search of the American Wilderness
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