A new book called Raising Wild: Dispatches From A Home In The Wilderness explores what it’s like to live and survive in the Great Basin Desert.
It’s a memoir by UNR English professor Mike Branch who lives with his wife and two daughters, well, in the middle of nowhere.
“We live together out in this remote area on a wildland interface where we’ve got lots of big crittters and big weather,” Branch says. “We’re at about 6,000 feet, so we’ve got high elevation conditions as well.”
Read more from our media partner, Reno Public Radio: New Memoir Explores Living In Great Basin Desert
