Wayne Schmidt: 3 books

A tell-all self-portrait of a private man, chronicling the author's quest for truth, love, and purpose in life. Stories include: "Growing Up with Jesus;" "God Sends Maggots;" "Thank God for LSD;" "Tom Washington Shit in My Hat;" "I Burn Miss Utah at the...

“Really!? A railroad through the bottom of the Grand Canyon?” Crazy idea, right? But in fact, it came closer to happening than most people realize.This is the little-known story of how hubris killed the railroad’s president and saved the world’s most beloved canyon. Frank Mason Brown...

Here is my story, unlikely and unvarnished, of life with Big Green – that is, my nearly three-decade relationship with one of the biggest environmental groups in the U.S., the National Wildlife Federation. Along the way, including thirteen years on NWF’s staff, I saw environmentalism from the...