Philip Creviston - POST 2

In this book Bryson goes off on these wild tangents which in my opinion distract the reader and take away from the book as a whole. If he did not add these wild rants I think that this would be a great book but with these tangents I think that it is a good book. When Bryson goes into these rants I just want to kill myself, it adds nothing to the book and it makes those parts boring.

In chapter 4, Bryson talks about how the Forest Service makes roads for the logging companies to tear down trees. First off this goes on for also 7 pages which is ridiculous and second this not true at all. The forestry companies may tear down trees for logging but they must replant them. My dad worked auditing the big forestry companies (the ones that Bryson talks about) to make sure they torn down trees the right way and to make sure that they replanted them, he never found anyone in violation of any code. There may be fewer trees now but it is not from the logging companies, they must operate under very strict guidelines and if they don’t they must face dire consequences. So therefore, Bryson is not only taking away from the book itself, he is also providing inaccurate facts.