Peter Heller

And then the other book, just real quick, is I'm revisiting this one right now.

One of my favorite books, The Dog Stars by Peter Heller.

This book was a magical book.

It's literally one of my favorite books.

I was like, I think this might be your vibe.

Have you read any Peter Heller?

No.

Okay.

You know what I'm saying? You get the gist.

But I'm the guy that I think it was Peter Heller in a Businessweek article 18 years ago, maybe 15, who coined the term superfood hunter.

And it just stuck.

And it's descriptive and it works.

maybe I'm a little mystery heavy this time, but there have been so many good ones coming out.

So it's The Last Ranger by Peter Heller.

So this is a compelling mystery that is set in Yellowstone National Park.

And there's a skirmish between a local hunter and a wolf biologist, which turns violent.

And I comment to the rangers like, do you not get so tired of having to be like, come on, folks, like, you know, let's get it together.

And so it was just interesting to see Ren dealing with those things on the page.

I even said that to Peter Heller when I was interviewing him, that I felt like our summer had been brought to life because I see that happen so often in Rocky Mountain.

I think this would make a perfect summer road trip book.

...

Peter Heller.

The dog-

There's a dog in it

Hmm

... by Peter Heller.

Mm-hmm.

We, remember we read his book, The Painter?

I'll still say the recommendation.

One is The River by Peter Heller.

That's more of this adventure story, and it's about two guys that are on a boat, uh, essentially fighting for their lives.

Mm-hmm.

It was started by Barbara Holden Yeomans and her husband.

The first, the very first winner of the Hale Award was Robert Frost, the poet.

Yeah.

So there are some big names on those posters that hang in the Hale Room in the library.

There are quite a few different ways that you can be eligible for this award.

Okay.

This year's winner, Howard Mansfield, actually lives here in New England.

He lives in New Hampshire, actually.