Jeff Darren Muse | Local Author Showcase

Book synopsis:

Jeff Darren Muse is a fatherless, childless Hoosier who wouldn’t and couldn’t stay put.

Part Generation X travelogue, part love letter, part reflection on White male identity, Dear Park Ranger searches for purpose, companionship, a lost father, and home. Muse must break trail to find his way. From the farms and football fields of central Indiana, to snowy West Coast wildlands, from desert canyons, to meandering rivers, to a city built by slavery, he interrogates his younger years shaped by insecurity and wanderlust, as well as later choices such as marrying “Ranger Paula” and pursuing a tree hugger’s career. At turns humorous and self-deprecating, redemptive and resolute, this is one man’s stirring gut check through inner and outer terrain.

Author bio:

From crawdad creeks and public wildlands to college classrooms and prison gardens, Jeff Darren Muse has worked throughout the United States as an environmental educator, historical interpreter, and park ranger. Today, he and his wife, also a park ranger, reside in Indiana, his birthplace.