Floyd Wilfred Schmoe (1895–2001)

A Quaker biologist looks at man, the human animal, and tries to assess his strengths and weaknesses. He surveys humankind's past in order to evaluate its prospects for the future. (A duplicate copy in Quaker section: BX7617

While reading this, I was seized with a powerful urge to become the next winter caretaker of Paradise Inn. It sounds like an incredible experience! When I mentioned to a friend that I was reading this book, he said he knew the author through work and that he was an extremely interesting man. I wish I could have met him - we share a love for the mountain.