Bear in the Back Seat II: Adventures of a Wildlife Ranger in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Volume 2)
Kim DeLozier grew up living and working on his family's farm in eastern Tennessee raising cattle, tobacco, hogs (not wild), and chickens (13,000 of them). Kim graduated from the University of Tennessee with a degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Science. He began his career with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 1978 working as a wild hog hunter. Kim retired in 2010 after 32 rewarding years of service in wildlife management. During his career, Kim's involvement primarily focused on nuisance black bear management, wild hog control, white-tailed deer management, small animal management (skunks, raccoons, bats), and re-introduction efforts for elk, peregrine falcons, river otters, and red wolves. Currently, Kim works for the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation focusing on elk restoration throughout the eastern US. Kim married his high school sweetheart, Donna, over 36 years ago. They have two wonderful children, Carrie and Travis, and four precious grandsons, Baylor, Duke, Turner, and Fox. Kim and Donna currently live on the original DeLozier farm in the same farmhouse his Dad was raised in. They feel extremely blessed! Carolyn Jourdan has two Wall Street Journal bestselling books and is also a #1 Amazon Bestselling Author. Her first book: "Heart in the Right Place" is a #7 Wall Street Journal Bestseller and was #1 on Amazon in Biography, Memoir, Science, Medicine, and Doctor-Patient Relations. Her second book, "Medicine Men: Extreme Appalachian Doctoring," was also #1 on Amazon in Biography, Memoir, Science, Medicine, and Doctor-Patient Relations. Her third book, "Out on a Limb: A Smoky Mountain Mystery," was #1 on Amazon Mystery, Cozy, and Medical Fiction. Her most recent book is "Bear in the Back Seat: Adventures of a Wildlife Ranger in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park." It is a #9 Wall Street Journal bestseller and #1 on Amazon in Science, Biology, Animals, Bears, and Travel Biography. Carolyn is a former U.S. Senate Counsel to the Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Committee on Governmental Affairs (now Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs). Visit her at www.CarolynJourdan.com and hear her read stories from the book. Carolyn has degrees from the University of Tennessee in Biomedical Engineering and Law. She lives on the family farm in East Knox County, Tennessee, with many stray animals.