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Jeff Ryan

Jeff Ryan

Eleanor Roosevelt was a Blogger

It’s amazing what we can stumble upon when doing research. When I was recently working on a documentary film about the father of the modern…

May 31, 2020

Eleanor Roosevelt was a Blogger

May 31, 2020

Jeff Ryan

Before you plant a single shrub, please read this

Non-native plants and the potential for Silent Spring II

Feb 11, 2020

Before you plant a single shrub, please read this

Feb 11, 2020

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The Startup

Honoring the Critical Link between Research and Creativity

How the discovery of a vintage matchbook changed the trajectory of my novel and its success

Feb 8, 2020

Honoring the Critical Link between Research and Creativity

Feb 8, 2020

Jeff Ryan
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The Startup

Why Book Design Matters

“My book is with the publisher now.”

Jul 9, 2019

Why Book Design Matters

Jul 9, 2019

Jeff Ryan

Ditching writer’s block

How long-distance hiking, throwing pots and embracing structure came to my rescue

Apr 23, 2019

Ditching writer’s block

Apr 23, 2019

Jeff Ryan

Office on Wheels — Secrets to Writing on the Road

I’m a full-time author, speaker, photographer and film documentary director that’s on the road an average of ten months per year. On a…

Jul 9, 2018

Office on Wheels — Secrets to Writing on the Road

Jul 9, 2018

Jeff Ryan

The Surprising Story of Antonin Dvorak, The Chicago World’s Fair and the Appalachian Trail

“In September 1893, a 15-year-old boy from Massachusetts spent the day touring the Chicago World’s Fair. He had traveled there by train…

Nov 18, 2017

The Surprising Story of Antonin Dvorak, The Chicago World’s Fair and the Appalachian Trail

Nov 18, 2017

Jeff Ryan

Ode to Fred Beckey, Mountaineering Legend — gone at age 94

I met the incomparable Fred Beckey when I was twenty-nine years old. The legend of this extraordinary mountaineer was well established by…

Nov 3, 2017

Ode to Fred Beckey, Mountaineering Legend — gone at age 94

Nov 3, 2017

Jeff Ryan

How to Buy Hiking Boots

Hiking boots are the most important piece of equipment you have on the trail. To state the obvious, taking care of your feet is essential…

Sep 13, 2017

How to Buy Hiking Boots

Sep 13, 2017

Jeff Ryan

How to Section Hike the Appalachian Trail

It took me 28 years to hike the Appalachian Trail, a feat I accomplished with my great friend, Wayne Cyr and wrote a book about. This…

Mar 25, 2017

How to Section Hike the Appalachian Trail

Mar 25, 2017

Jeff Ryan

Jeff Ryan

Author, historian and documentary filmmaker Jeff Ryan writes about hiking and other forms of exploration and the history of the American conservation movement.

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