n#7 in the USA audio book in 2016#9 in the USA Wall Street Journal best seller in 2013Named A Top 50 Must Read for the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service.Named A Top 10 Must-Read Books That Could Save Our National Parks and the Environment along with John Muir, Henry David Thoreau, Lewis & Clark, Bill Bryson, and Ken Burns. nBear in the Back Seat I is the first volume in a series of true stories from a]n extraordinary landscape populated with befuddled bears, hormonally-crazed elk, homicidal wild boars, hopelessly timid wolves, and nine million tourists, some of whom are clueless. nIn Kim DeLoziers world, when sedated wild black bears wake up unexpectedly in the back seat of a helicopter in mid-flight, or in his car as hes driving down the highway, or in his office while hes talking on the phone, its just another day in the park. nYoull love seeing Kim and a fellow ranger tested as they bravely take on the task of relocating 77 live skunks by sedating them with darts from homemade blowguns, especially when the pickup truck load of stinkers wakes up while still in transit. nAn hilarious, heartwarming, and heartbreaking memoir by the chief wildlife ranger in the #1 most popular family vacation destination in the USA, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. nFor over thirty years, Kim DeLozier acted as a referee in the wild, trying to protect millions of park visitors from one of the densest populations of wild black bears in America - and the bears from tourists who get too close. nIt takes place in the same Smoky Mountain world as Jourdans other national bestsellers Heart in the Right Place, Medicine Men, and Out on a Limb.