Mind The Gap: The Education Of A Nature Writer

by John Hay

John Hay has been acclaimed as one of the most significant contemporary nature writers and environmentalists. In Mind the Gap, which is at once an autobiographical memoir and a commentary on our place in the natural world, Hay recounts his path to becoming a writer and explores the literary and environmental influences that shaped his interest in nature.
Addressing subjects as diverse as the annual herring spawn, his friendship with writer Conrad Aiken, resident and migratory birds, local wildlife, his human neighbors, and the complex rhythms of life on the Cape, Hay's closely observed descriptions of his surroundings support his insightful comments on nature and our intricate relationship to it.

120 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

John Hay (August 31, 1915, Ipswich, Massachusetts – February 26, 2011, Bremen, Maine was an American author, naturalist, and conservation activist. Hay co-founded the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster, Massachusetts and served as its president from 1955 to 1980. He composed 18 books from his "writing shack" on Dry Hill at his home in Brewster, Massachusetts, including two autobiographies, A beginner's faith in things unseen (1995) and Mind the Gap: The Education of a Nature Writer. (2004).

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Reviews

[Tara Fortier]

I didn't like this book. His writing style (too many bland adjectives thrown in to make longer sentences) is just not my thing. I only read the first two chapters.