Conservation Groups Benefit from Sales of New Book

A new book about national parks is now available through several major conservation groups and profits from each purchase benefit those organizations.

(PRWEB) December 3, 2005 -- A new book about national parks is now available through several major conservation groups and profits from each purchase benefit those organizations. Here's a winning combination: give someone a fun, affordable gift or get a book for your own reading pleasure and help support the work of groups such as the National Parks Conservation Association, African Wildlife Foundation, Hawk Mountain, Monarch Watch, National Wildlife Federation and others.

Proceeds from these sales help support groups which are working to protect parks, wildlife and other natural resources in the U.S. or abroad. The book is also available at some of the bookstores operated by non-profit Cooperating Associations at national park service sites. Revenues from those stores help parks with visitor programs and other projects which would otherwise go unfunded.

Written by a 30-year veteran park ranger, "Hey Ranger! True Tales of Humor and Misadventure from America’s National Parks" is a book that everyone from experienced outdoorsmen to armchair travelers will find both entertaining and informative.

Unlike many other outdoor books about the serious side of life in the parks or expeditions with tragic endings, "Hey Ranger!" focuses on the lighter side of outdoor misadventures. Set in parks all across the U.S.A., these stories involve everyday Americans whose trip to the great outdoors simply took an unexpected turn. Some of the characters in these true stories had a narrow escape, but everybody survived in the end, and the result is fun, "family friendly" reading.

Burnett’s relaxed, anecdotal style has been compared by some readers to Garrison Keillor, and this book will appeal to anyone who enjoys a good story. Hey Ranger! has been featured on National Pubic Radio and in newspapers across the country. L.M. Sixel of the Houston Chronicle wrote, "Burnett...recounted the stories [from his career as a park ranger] in his very funny book… I've nearly split my sides laughing at the encounters..."

Many people envy the lives of rangers who live and work in national parks, and the book also provides some revealing—and humorous—insights into what that job can really entail. Readers are treated to an amazing variety of situations that prompt people to knock on a ranger’s door or phone him in the middle of the night, and chapters such as "Don't Feed the Skunks" will confirm that there's more to "rangering" than first meets the eye.

Each chapter is a stand-alone story, so this book is a great choice for anyone with a busy schedule who has just a few minutes at a time for a fun reading break. Once they start, however, many readers report they couldn’t wait to finish it!

Details about the book, a list of conservation groups offering it for sale and links to their on-line bookstores are available on the "where to buy" page at http://www.heyranger.com . If you'd prefer to order by phone, you can call toll-free 1-800-780-9986 (Monday – Friday, 8:00am - 8:00 pm Eastern Time).
            
EDITORS: A complete media kit is available and the author is available for interviews.
         
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