With sparkling wit and irrepressible charm, Steve Hendricks takes us on a trek into the heart of Glacier National Park, a land of chis­eled summits, ravish­ing waterfalls, capering mountain goats, and fearsome grizzly bears. Joining him on his 250-mile adven­ture is his sen­sationally unfit and hilarious friend Zeke, whose tastes run more to sofas and Pringles than to tents and mosquitoes. As the two wayfarers piece together their unlikely friendship, Hen­dricks deftly shows us the quirky characters and lively history, the lovable moose and menacing mountain lions, the hand­some old lodges and exquisite ecology that make Glacier one of America's most be­loved na­tional parks—and make Across Glacier the most amiable of page-turners.

Steve Hendricks has written for Harper's, Outside, Orion, and the Washington Post, among others. He is the author, most recently, of The Oldest Cure in the World: Adventures in the Art and Science of Fasting. One of his previous books, The Unquiet Grave: The FBI and the Struggle for the Soul of Indian Country, was named a best book of the year by several publications. He lives with his wife in Boulder, Colorado, and gets into the mountains as often as he can.

"I enjoyed the hell out of this bewitching book. It's at once a hilarious odd-couple saga and a portrait of Glacier so thorough, it really should be packaged with bear spray and gorp. What's perhaps most endearing about Hendricks's tale isn't his obvious love for the park but his charming disdain for those who don't treat it with the reverence he wants all of us to feel for it." — Patrick Hutchison, New York Times bestselling author of CABIN

"Steve Hendricks announces himself as the next bright voice in a merry-eyed, wild-haired, razor-tongued American literary tradition stretching from Mark Twain to Edward Abbey and Tony Horwitz. If you've lately found yourself growing a bit 'grim about the mouth,' these adventures in the land of glaciers and grizzlies will put a smile on your face and a glint of wonder in your eye." — Robert Moor, New York Times bestselling author of On Trails and In Trees

"Steve Hendricks is as adventurous on the page as he is on foot. In the tradition of Kevin Fedarko's A Walk in the Park and Cheryl Strayed's Wild, he covers an impressive amount of ground, literally and metaphorically, tromping the hard way over primeval country. And what a landscape it is! Move over, Yellowstone and Yosemite. Hendricks's wild and winsome ode just may convince you that Glacier is the most captivating, and flat out the most gorgeous, of our national parks." — Hampton Sides, New York Times bestselling author of Blood and Thunder

"With a naturalist's eye and a journalist's ear, Steve Hendricks makes a splendidly perceptive guide through one of the world's last best places. Whether you're an occasional visitor or a Glacier fanatic, Across Glacier has something for everyone. Wholeheartedly recommended!" — Nate Blakeslee, New York Times bestselling author of American Wolf