Kevin R. Free
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
296 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The mushroom hunters are a rough lot. They live in the wilderness and move with the seasons. Motivated by Gold Rush desires, they haul improbable quantities of fungi from the woods for cash. Langdon Cook embeds himself in this shadowy subculture, reporting from both rural fringes and big-city eateries with the flair of a novelist, uncovering along the way what might be the last gasp of frontier-style capitalism.