Publication Date - April 19, 2016
4 stars
Ken Ilgunas was working in the oil fields of Alaska when he realized first-hand how corruptive the oil pipelines were to the environment. With no other real plans for his future, he decided to walk along the proposed path of the Keystone XL pipeline, beginning in Alberta, Canada and ending in Texas. I feel as though I have read my fill of "hiking" memoirs and while I enjoyed them, I wasn't really eager to pick up another, however, I am very glad that I did. Ken talks about his trip, the interesting people he meets along the way, the topography of the great plains and the environmental concerns of the future. His descriptions of the plains are breathtakingly descriptive and I feel his environmental assertions are backed up with real research. Overall, I enjoyed this book and put it down feeling as if I actually learned quite a bit while reading it. I received a copy of this book through Penguin's First to Read Program in exchange for an honest review.
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