Ridgerunner: Elusive Loner of the Wilderness

by Richard Ripley

During the early 1940s in Idahos expansive Selway-Bitterroot wilderness, a few items disappeared from a tent camp, then from a lookout tower, and a ranger station. Eventually, the continuing loss of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0960356649
• ISBN13: 9780960356645
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Backeddy Books
• Length: 165 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

well documented account

This book contains many first-hand accounts of people who knew the Ridgerunner, and paints a well-defined picture of an enigmatic man who seemed at odds with civilization. The Ridgerunner lived an incredible life in a place that was very remote and hardscrabble, hiking dozens of miles daily, year round, through some of the steepest and toughest mountain country in the world. They called him the "human coyote," and he was whip smart but quite neurotic. What would have made this a 5-star book is the addition of some good photos and maps of the gorgeous, rugged areas in Idaho where the Ridgerunner lived in the forest. There are photos, just not very many, and only one rough map.

Free spirit or mad man?

Facinating study of A reclusive backwoodsman. Good description and history of the area. Colorful, and with humor. Well written.

Excellent

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Great story and interesting characters. The only thing I was left wanting was more of the story!

The fascinating life of a rugged individual

Amazing story about a man who survives/thrives in the rugged conditions of Idaho's central mountains. Unfortunately, once reintroduced into society he is unable to live by rules which he shed himself of a decade prior. Although the book is fascinating it leaves many unanswered questions about who the central character was and where he was from. Maybe it is better that way though as he becomes a myth or legend rather than just another eccentric individual.

I wish I could have been there

A must read for anyone familar with the North Central Idaho Mountain Country (Lewiston, Orofino, Pierce, Headquarters, Elk River). A well written biography about a incredible man who lived his life alone in the mountains of Idaho. A good reminder of the tough life people faced in the early part of the 1900's. If only the book would have been longer, it ended too quickly.