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Annette McGivney

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Annette McGivney is an award-winning journalist and the longtime Southwest Editor for Backpacker magazine. She has been drawn to exploring and writing about remote, wild places in the West her entire life. In addition to Backpacker, Annette's writing has appeared in The Guardian, Outside, Arizona Highways, and Sunset magazines. Her June 2007 Backpacker article “Freefall” about the murder of Tomomi Hanamure won a Maggie Award in 2008 from the Western Magazine Publishers Association for Best News Story. In 2018, her book Pure Land won the National Outdoor Book Award.

Annette is the author of Resurrection: Glen Canyon and a New Vision for the American West (Braided River/The Mountaineers, 2009) and Leave No Trace (The Mountaineers Books, 1997). ...more

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	Pure Land: A True Story of Three Lives, Three Cultures, and the Search for Heaven on Earth 4.24 avg rating — 1,497 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Resurrection: Glen Canyon and a New Vision for the American West by Annette McGivney (Goodreads Author), James Kay (Photographer) 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Building Wood Fires: Techniques and Skills for Stoking the Flames Both Indoors and Out (Countryman Know How) 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Southwest Camping 1996-1997: The Complete Guide to More Than 35,000 Campsites in Arizona and New Mexico by Martin Frentzel, Dennis Lewon, Annette McGivney (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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My Thinking Addiction

Full disclosure: I have thought a lot about this essay on
not thinking. I love to think about ideas for hours on end. As a journalist and college professor I make
my living coming up with interesting thoughts to think. But I am also a
recreational thinker. In fact, I may be addicted to thinking. And as I explore
ways to heal from childhood trauma, I am trying to break my thinking habit.

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