Winner of the New England Book Award Best Nonfiction Award
and the Franklin Fairbanks Award of the Fairbanks Museum
In a book destined to become a classic,
In a book destined to become a classic,
biologist and acclaimed nature writer Bernd Heinrich takes readers
on an eye-opening journey through the hidden life of a forest.
CRITICAL PRAISE:
"He richly deserves the comparison to Thoreau." — Washington Post Book World
"He writes with a graceful lyricism....to attract many general readers of natural history." — Wall Street Journal
"He writes with a graceful lyricism...to attract many general readers of natural history." — Wall Street Journal
"Heinrich has neatly grafted art to his science giving us a lovely and intimate portrait of the Forest of Adam Hill." — James Prosek, author of Trout and Joe & Me
"In Heinrich's hands, the lives of trees are as noble and dramatic as the lives of men." — Washington Post
"The Trees in My Forest is a celebration of observation--an introduction to the mysteries and wonders before us." — Sue Bender, author of Plain and Simple and Everday Sacred
"The Trees in My Forest is a celebration of observation-an observation to the mysteries and wonders before us." — Sue Bender
"The Trees In My Forest is an engaging primer on the complex biological economics of the woods themselves...It's a quiet walk in stately woods...In Heinrich's hands, the lives of trees are as noble and as dramatic as the lives of men." — The Washington Post
"These passionate observations of a place 'where the subtle matters and the spectacular distracts' superbly mix memoir and science." — New York Times
"These passionate observations of a place where the subtle matters and the spectacular distracts superbly mix memoir and science." — New York Times
We meet to discuss this book on Sunday, March 25, at a member's home. Email pvnaturewriters@gmail for further information.
