Bernd Heinrich is a Triple Hitter in March 2012

We devote March 2012 to our third selection by Bernd Heinrich: The Trees in My Forest. Here's what the publisher has to say:

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,

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.