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Category: Book Reviews

My thoughts on books

Book Reviews/The Bonanza King

“The Man Who Hit the Mother Lode”—the WSJ review of THE BONANZA KING

Posted on July 24, 2018 by Gregory / 0 Comment

Here’s “The Man Who Hit the Mother Lode,” by Patrick Cooke for the weekend edition of the Wall Street Journal, July 7 & 8, 2018. (Clicking...

Book Reviews

“How to Read Nature” by Tristan Gooley, reviewed by Gregory Crouch

Posted on December 16, 2017 by Gregory / 0 Comment

Here's "What's Written in the Wind," my review of How to Read Nature by Tristan Gooley for "The Wall Street Journal," December 16 & 17, 2017. "[Mr. Goole...

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“It Takes a Tribe” by Will Dean and Tim Adams, reviewed for the WSJ by Gregory Crouch

Posted on October 13, 2017 by Gregory / 0 Comment

Here’s “Things You Don't Tell Your Mudder,” my review of "It Takes a Tribe" by Will Dean and co-author Tim Adams in "The Wall Street Journal," Friday, October 1...

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“Ultimate Glory” by David Gessner, reviewed by Gregory Crouch for the WSJ

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Gregory / 0 Comment

This one was fun! In it we get "marijuana, psychotropic mushrooms, sex, angst, friendships, cultural commentary, testicular cancer and lots of beer."

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“The House of Memory” by John Freely, reviewed by Gregory Crouch for the WSJ

Posted on March 20, 2017 by Gregory / 0 Comment

Here's my latest book review, "Beholding Hell Before Age 20," of John Freely's "The House of Memory," which appeared in The Wall Street Journal on March 16, 201...

Book Reviews/Enduring Patagonia

“Valley Walls” by Glen Denny, reviewed by Gregory Crouch for the WSJ

Posted on September 3, 2016 by Gregory / 2 Comments

My review of "Valley Walls: A Memoir of Climbing & Living in Yosemite" by Glen Denny, in today's WSJ: Congealed bloodstains dripping down the sides of a fl...

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“Continental Divide” by Maurice Isserman, reviewed by Gregory Crouch

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Gregory / 2 Comments

Here's "Climb Every Mountain," my review of Continental Divide: A History of American Mountaineering by Maurice Isserman in the May 1, 2016 issue of The New Yor...

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My review of “The Last Thousand” by Jeffrey E. Stern

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Gregory / 1 Comment

"... a paean to the power of education and its potential to peacefully revolutionize a violent nation."

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My review of “The Ghosts of K2” by Mick Conefrey

Posted on February 6, 2016 by Gregory / 2 Comments

"More than 4,000 people have reached the top of Everest. Only 376 have ever held K2’s 28,251-foot summit beneath their cold, booted feet..."

Book Reviews/Enduring Patagonia

Alex Honnold’s “Alone on the Wall,” reviewed by Gregory Crouch

Posted on November 28, 2015 by Gregory / 4 Comments

Alex Honnold is probably the most interesting climber active in the world today. Here’s “Free Spirit,” my review of Honnold’s new book A...

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