Draft:David Petersen (American author)

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Declined by Prince of Erebor 3 days ago. Last edited by Dremarquis 45 hours ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

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Submission declined on 14 August 2024 by Utopes (talk).

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Declined by Johannes Maximilian 10 months ago.

Comment: Notability and neutrality have shown no improvement since the last submission. Prince of Erebor（The Book of Mazarbul） 18:48, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

Comment: Secondary, reliable sources are unlikely to report on the things that the subject is "most proud of", which the sentence this is contained in ("Among the things Petersen is most proud of is...") does not contain any references. Currently not enough reliable secondary sources for the subject, and notability has not yet been established. WP:NAUTHOR.
The first sentence says "He is a author who loves writing". I'd presume that all authors love writing; this is not important to include. Utopes _{(talk / cont)} 23:35, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

Comment: content of 9 July copied from this diff - see history there for attribution. Nthep (talk) 14:22, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

Comment: Your sources, besides two of them, are just listing the names of organizations. We need specifics on Wikipedia. Additionally, this is written like a very long advertisement for this person. Sincerely, Guessitsavis (she/they) (Talk) 18:23, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

David Petersen

David Petersen was born May 18, 1946 in Oklahoma City, OK. He is a critically acclaimed American author who writes primarily about nature and humanity’s relationship to nature. ^[1] Petersen was the subject of the documentary film On the Wild Edge: Hunting for a Natural Life, by Belgian filmmaker Christopher Daley. ^[2] Petersen worked with both Edward Abbey and A. B. Guthrie, Jr. (see below: Books – Edited). David Petersen’s works have delved deeply into the ethics of hunting and how humans evolved as hunter-gatherers, and the implications of that fact for who we are today and how we should relate to Nature. ^[3]

Books (all non-fiction)

Authored:

Among the Elk: Wilderness Images, photographs by Alan Carey, Northland Publishing (Flagstaff, AZ), 1988. Wind, Water, and Sand: The Natural Bridges Story, Canyonlands Natural History Association (Moab, UT), 1990. Among the Aspen: Life in an Aspen Grove, photographs by Branson Reynolds, Northland Publishing (Flagstaff, AZ), 1991. Racks: The Natural History of Antlers and the Animals That Wear Them, Capra Press (Santa Barbara, CA), 1991. Ghost Grizzlies: Does the Great Bear Still Haunt Colorado? Holt (New York, NY), 1995. The Nearby Faraway: A Personal Journey through the Heart of the West, Johnson Books (Boulder, CO), 1997. Elkheart: A Personal Tribute to Wapiti and Their World, Johnson Books (Boulder, CO), 1998. Heartsblood: Hunting, Spirituality, and Wildness in America, Island Press (Washington, DC), 2000. Writing Naturally: A Down to Earth Guide to Nature Writing, Johnson Books (Boulder, CO), 2001. Cedar Mesa: A Place Where Spirits Dwell, University of Arizona Press (Tucson, AZ), 2002. On the Wild Edge: In Search of a Natural Life, Henry Holt & Company (New York, NY), 2005.

Edited:

Big Sky, Fair Land: The Environmental Essays of A. B. Guthrie, Jr., Northland Publishing (Flagstaff, AZ), 1988. Earth Apples: The Poetry of Edward Abbey, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1994. A Hunter's Heart: Honest Essays on Blood Sport, Holt (New York, NY), 1996. Confessions of a Barbarian: Selections from the Journals of Edward Abbey, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1994, revised edition, Johnson Books (Boulder, CO), 2003. Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast, Mildweed Editions (Minneapolis, MN), 2006.

Honors and Awards 2011 Colorado Wildlife Federation: Sportsman Conservationist of the Year. 2012 Colorado Wildlife Council: Lifetime Achievement Award. 2013 Backcountry Hunters and Anglers: Chairman Mike Beagle Award for Outstanding Service

Documentary Christopher Daley, 2016, “On the Wild Edge: Hunting for a Natural Life.” Available on Youtube

References Bloomsbury Review, May-June, 2001, John Nichols, "A Memory in Nature: Writing the Wild Country: A Profile of David Petersen," pp. 3-6. The Sun, December 2009, Jeremy Lloyd, The Good Hunter: David Petersen on the Ethics of Killing Animals for Food. On the Wild Edge: Hunting for a Natural Life. C. Daley, 2016. Available on Youtube

^ Bloomsbury Review
^ C. Daley, 2016
^ Jeremy Lloyd, The Sun

[1] Bloomsbury Review

[2] C. Daley, 2016

[3] Jeremy Lloyd, The Sun

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