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Mark Obmascik is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and bestselling author of The Big Year, which was made into a movie with the same name. He won the 2009 National Outdoor Book Award for outdoor literature, the 2003 National Press Club Award for environmental journalism, and was the lead writer for the Denver Post team that won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize. His freelance stories have been published in Outdoor and other magazines. He lives in Denver with his wife and sons.

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Average rating: 4.04 · 7,801 ratings · 1,100 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5,658 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Storm on Our Shores: One Island, Two Soldiers, and the Forgotten Battle of World War II 4.33 avg rating — 1,182 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Halfway to Heaven: My White-knuckled--and Knuckleheaded--Quest for the Rocky Mountain High 3.92 avg rating — 907 ratings — published 2009 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The (Big) Year that Flew By: Twelve Months, Six Continents, and the Ultimate Birding Record by Arjan Dwarshuis, Mark Obmascik (Foreword), Madison Niederhauser (Narrator) 3.81 avg rating — 440 ratings — published 2019 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Consumer's Guide to Water Conservation: Dozens of Ways to Save Water, the Environment, and a Lot of Money by Mark Obmascik, Mike Keefe (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1993 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ザ・ビッグイヤー　世界最大のバードウォッチング競技会に挑む男と鳥の狂詩曲 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“I like the mountains because they make me feel small,' Jeff says. 'They help me sort out what's important in life.”
― Mark Obmascik, Halfway to Heaven: My White-knuckled--and Knuckleheaded--Quest for the Rocky Mountain High

tags: 14ers, climbing, colorado, mountaineering, mountains

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“Ah, Colorado: the one place in America where people wake up earlier on weekends than workdays.”
― Mark Obmascik, Halfway to Heaven: My White-knuckled--and Knuckleheaded--Quest for the Rocky Mountain High

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“It's a tough lesson: There is no summit that comes before you expect it.”
― Mark Obmascik, Halfway to Heaven: My White-knuckled--and Knuckleheaded--Quest for the Rocky Mountain High

tags: 14ers, climbing, colorado, mountaineering

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Time to vote for our last nonfiction book of the 2023 year. This one will be open for Nov and Dec. Please plan to join the conversation if your book wins...Good luck to all the nominees.

This poll will remain open until Oct 20th. Thanks

Bear in the Back Seat I: Adventures of a Wildlife Ranger in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

by Carolyn Jourdan

8 votes, 42.1%

The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century

by Kirk Wallace Johnson

5 votes, 26.3%

The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession

by Mark Obmascik

3 votes, 15.8%

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

by Barbara Demick

3 votes, 15.8%

19 total votes

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