In this mesmerizing biography, a young journalist unearths the real reason a legendary mountain man left all he knew to live 50 years in the Sierra Nevada wilderness, earning the alias Sierra Phantom. Read More
In this mesmerizing biography, a young journalist unearths the real reason a legendary mountain man left all he knew to live 50 years in the Sierra Nevada wilderness, earning the alias Sierra Phantom. Read More
It started as just another interview. Young journalist Danielle Nadler agreed to call an old man who had lived 50 years in the wilderness of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Through their weekly conversations, the mountaineer boasts of his decades of outdoor survival only to eventually reveal his personal tragedies that drove him to life in the wild. Without a Trace drops readers into the California mountain town of Bishop alongside the man locals call Sierra Phantom just as he surrenders to life with an address, and searches for a renewed purpose and community with which to share it.
Danielle Nadler grew up in South Dakota, where a patient writing teacher fostered in her a love for relevant story telling. As soon as she had a journalism degree in hand, she moved west in search of warmer weather and more exciting headlines. Her reporting has garnered first-place press association awards in California, Nevada, and Virginia. In 2014, she helped launch Loudoun Now, a community newspaper in Northern Virginia, where she serves as managing editor. Danielle currently resides in Leesburg, VA with her husband.
It started as just another interview. Young journalist Danielle Nadler agreed to call an old man who had lived 50 years in the wilderness of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Through their weekly conversations, the mountaineer boasts of his decades of outdoor survival only to eventually reveal his personal tragedies that drove him to life in the wild. Without a Trace drops readers into the California mountain town of Bishop alongside the man locals call Sierra Phantom just as he surrenders to life with an address, and searches for a renewed purpose and community with which to share it.
Danielle Nadler grew up in South Dakota, where a patient writing teacher fostered in her a love for relevant story telling. As soon as she had a journalism degree in hand, she moved west in search of warmer weather and more exciting headlines. Her reporting has garnered first-place press association awards in California, Nevada, and Virginia. In 2014, she helped launch Loudoun Now, a community newspaper in Northern Virginia, where she serves as managing editor. Danielle currently resides in Leesburg, VA with her husband.