Nature Literature discussion

Please post your nominations for our Jan./Feb. book here. (Authors can nominate their own works, btw!)

BTW - I'm nominating The Windward Shore, since it's about this time of year on the Great Lakes. More details are available on the group's Bookshelf.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

I will nominate Consolations of the Forest by Sylvain Tesson

An oldie that I'd like to revisit. Silent Spring by Rachel Carson. it might becheating but I'm reading Wild by Cheryl Strayed and it's an interesting read so far.

Maryellen sent the following to me as a message:

Hi -- I'll nominate my own book, The Spine of the Continent. Here's what Publisher's Weekly said: "Giving equal time to anecdotes and interviews, Hannibal supports her engaging and swift narrative with hard facts. This book is far more engrossing and dramatic than the title suggests; it goes beyond the politics of wildlife protection to present a real history of America’s habitat, the animals within it, the people who study them, and the disparate motivations behind responsible conservation. Deep dives into the ecology of species both native—beavers, wolves, jaguar, and pika—and not native—cows—reveal the interdependence of humans and their wilder counterparts in the woods and plains. A thoroughly satisfying gem, readers will find themselves in the company of America’s best minds (Jared Diamond, Michael Soule) and heroes (Sherri Tippie), as Hannibal travels through landscapes chronicling the efforts underway to keep North America habitable for the plants and animals that first lived here and the people who now call it home. This is what scientific writing should be: fascinating and true."

More reviews, etc. are on my website: www.maryellenhannibal.com

I really went for a different way to tell a science story -- in a cultural, historical way, and it's also fairly amusing! I'm also happy to read a different book -- what about Elizabeth Kolbert's Sixth Extinction? (Not going to be amusing - but important.) Thank you for doing this Becky, and for your encouragement.