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The Backwoods of Everywhere: Words From a Wandering Local Audiobook, by R. E. Burrillo Play Audiobook Sample

The Backwoods of Everywhere: Words From a Wandering Local Audiobook

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Read By: Kyle Burrow Publisher: Tantor Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 6.33 hours at 1.5x Speed 4.75 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: February 2024 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9798350867442

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

14

Longest Chapter Length:

53:00 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

21:04 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

41:04 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

2

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Publisher Description

Throughout personal essays spiked with humor and natural science, archaeologist R. E. Burrillo widens his range beyond his popular Behind the Bears Ears.

After an upstate New York childhood and a bartending stint in New Orleans's French Quarter, seasonal resort work led R. E. Burrillo to the desert Southwest, whose redrock landscapes were a source of stability through mental and physical illness. In The Backwoods of Everywhere, archaeologist Burrillo excavates his past, examining Indigenous and tourist cultures, the complexities of American archaeology, and what it means to be a local. From the ancient canal systems of Phoenix, Arizona, to the modern Mayan communities of the Yucatan Peninsula, to the depths of the Grand Canyon, Burrillo brings listeners on an entertaining romp chock-full of history, ecology, cultural preservation, and personal stories.

In the vein of Bill Bryson, Tim Cahill, and Ellen Meloy, Burrillo's is a fresh voice in humor-spiked nature writing and cultural commentary. Running throughout the wide-ranging topics of The Backwoods of Everywhere are themes of place and locality, and how these vary between cultures and individuals. Marrying the intensely personal with the complex and technical, Burrillo's candid voice brings humor, wonder, irony, and wit to each thought-provoking essay.

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