"Marañón's The Gringo's Hawk is a weaving of the many different threads - rich in texture, varied, and intertwined with both rough and delicate fibers that add interest. It is not a smooth, perfect life, but one that has crafted an interesting, beautiful tapestry for others to enjoy." Rated Four Stars: A very good read! You won't want to put the book down. - Angie Ledbetter, Sandy Cummins Book Reviews Read the entire review

"The Gringo's Hawk is not a book to be devoured at a sitting. Like wine it is best sipped and savored a little at a time. Jon Marañón writes with a grace and fluidity that is seldom experienced in this era....he reveals himself as a gentle but gallant warrior, a Don Quixote of the rainforest, the beach and the reef. If there is justice in the world of books then Jon Marañón's The Gringo's Hawk will become a sleeper - an unexpected best seller. The more we read in it the better we like it. It wears well." Rated five stars - Rowes Reviews, John Culleton, Publisher Read the entire review

"Like Henry David Thoreau before him, Marañón exhibits an appreciation of wilderness that is always informed by the perspective of civilization and a view of civilization that is only achieved by freeing oneself from its comfortable embrace. The Gringo's Hawk is the story of one exceptional man coming to terms with one exotic place and the people who inhabited it...In the end Marañón's memoir is about discovering the world outside ourselves and trying to find our proper place in it." - Craig W. Allin, Ph.D., Author of Politics of Wilderness Preservation Read the entire review

"Here is someone who walked the walk, who witnessed the willingness of desperately poor natives to compromise their natural resources. Marañón understands the complexities of saving the rain forest and he was successful in helping establish some national parks and marine reserves." - Tom Leveen, Associate Editor, "Today's Librarian" Read the entire review

"In The Gringo's Hawk...the reader is not given the standard "traveller in paradise" account...Here we meet Marañón's neighbors, workers, close friends, and family and become acquainted with the "drama" of their lives--the non-fantasy world of actual living in the tropics, confronting environmental change, and dealing with the advent of a globalized world economy that was reaching into their corner of the world...Marañón built his house and life not in, but of Cantarana." - Dr. Sterling Evans, Author of The Green Republic: A Conservation History of Costa Rica. Read the entire review

"Marañón's sensitivity, compassion, and insight along with sound ethical values make him the quintessential "participant observer." He doesn't just dabble in another culture; he wades in deep and puts down a firm anchor. The result is a rich, complex, and clear-eyed story not just of a North American pioneer seeking harmony with nature and with himself, but of a country buffeted by the winds of change....It is a tale well worth telling, and reading." - Martha Honey, Ph.D., author of
Ecotourism and Sustainable Development: Who Owns Paradise? Read the entire review

"God bless Jon Marañón for being brave enough to do what most will not. This courageous story of the atrocities inflicted upon the rain forest and what Mr. Marañón has endured in order to bring these realities to light, is a great contribution in the difficult task of ending this out of control slaughter. It is true that one person can make a difference---here is the proof!" - Lois Tulleners, Founder of White Wolf Sanctuary

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