PRAISE FOR THERE'S A PORCUPINE IN MY OUTHOUSE

"This is the way natural history should be taught--by a good storyteller with a sense of humor."

--Audubon Magazine

"Tougias recounts his experiences with candor and humor. He blends the adventures of Lewis and Clark with the vision of John Muir." --Cape Cod Times

"A very funny memoir. Tougias learned from his cabin experience and today he is one of New England's leading nature writers." --Book Views

"This is an honest book that asks us to admit our ignorance of much of the natural process and our fears of all those unknown things that 'go bump in the night' when we visit friends in the country. Tougias tempers each small disaster with good humor and a growing love for a world that he at first finds completely foreign, but which he ultimately realizes he cannot part with." --Bill Eddy, author of The Other Side of the World

Praise for Books by Michael J. Tougias

The Waters Between Us

"Along with his father's love, the other constant in the boy's life--and the thing Mr. Tougias credits with saving him from more serious trouble--is his love of the outdoors, a dynamo of fascination and adventure, a place that draws him back endlessly. Always in the background is his father, who leaves the house before anyone else is awake and labors physically for 50 or 60 hours a week, coming home too exhausted to attend his son's games. Michael knows his father loves him but isn't sure the man likes him, which is what he craves. As anyone who has played a part in this ancient drama knows, there's no single moment of reconciliation. It comes with time, incrementally. And it's not the father who changes."--The Wall Street Journal

NetGalley Review: 5 stars

Last updated on 30 Nov 2021

"Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing this book in exchange for an honest review.

What a fun book to read! I loved it! Reading of the author's (mis)adventures of being a "flatlander" to becoming a mountain man with a rustic cabin was laugh out loud funny. I could relate to some of his fears of the wild animals and the darkness that comes without light pollution. My parents live in the mountains and they call us city dwellers flatlanders too.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the wild outdoors and needs a funny, light book to read."--Kelly Long, consumer reviewer

"There is a bombshell in the last fifth of The Waters Between Us."-- Tiziana Dearing, Host of NPR's Radio Boston

A Storm Too Soon

"By depicting the event from the perspective of both the rescued and the rescuers and focusing only on key moments and details, Tougias creates a suspenseful, tautly rendered story that leaves readers breathless but well-satisfied. Heart-pounding action for the avid armchair adventurer." --Kirkus Reviews

"The riveting, meticulously researched "A Storm Too Soon" tells the true-life tale of an incredible rescue" --New York Post

"Tougias deftly switches from heart-pounding details of the rescue to the personal stories of the boat's crew and those of the rescue team. The result is a well-researched and suspenseful read."

--Publishers Weekly

"Already a maven of maritime books with Overboard! and Fatal Forecast, Tougias cinches that title here. Working in the present tense Tougias lets the story tell itself, and what a story! Any one reading (A Storm Too Soon) will laud Tougias' success."

--Providence Journal