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Overview"In writing about a displaced garter snake, witnessing the paving of a beloved dirt road, trapping a cricket with her young son, rescuing a fledgling raven, or the town's joy at the return of the alewife migration, Shetterly issues warnings even as she pays tribute to the resilience that abounds. Like the works of Annie Dillard and Aldo Leopold, ""Settled In THe Wild"" takes a magnifying glass to the wildness that surrounds us. With keen perception and wit, Shetterly offers us an education in nature, one that should inspire us to preserve it." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Susan Hand ShetterlyPublisher: Algonquin Books Imprint: Algonquin Books Dimensions: Width: 14.40cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 18.30cm Weight: 0.304kg ISBN: 9781565126183ISBN 10: 1565126181 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 26 January 2010 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsThis is a delightful book about living in the woods, enjoying what's outside your window and finding pleasure in taking the time to notice the little things right in front of us. --Columbus Dispatch Shetterly provides a unique window into a world of wonder. --Boston Globe --Columbus Dispatch Shetterly shares her journey of hope, loss and discovery. Along the way, she is transformed by the calls of birds and the 'delicate pins-and-needles sounds' of ice crystals, by the aroma of rich soil, by the challenges and gifts of an unforgiving nature. --Dallas Morning News --Boston Globe This is a delightful book about living in the woods, enjoying what's outside your window and finding pleasure in taking the time to notice the little things right in front of us. --Columbus Dispatch Voices like Susan Hand Shetterly's are soothing . . . Shetterly puts a hand on your forearm and says, come walk along the Maine coast. Let's consider other species, eels and hummingbirds. -- Los Angeles Times --Dallas Morning News """Shetterly provides a unique window into a world of wonder."" --Boston Globe --Columbus Dispatch ""Shetterly shares her journey of hope, loss and discovery. Along the way, she is transformed by the calls of birds and the 'delicate pins-and-needles sounds' of ice crystals, by the aroma of rich soil, by the challenges and gifts of an unforgiving nature."" --Dallas Morning News --Boston Globe ""Voices like Susan Hand Shetterly's are soothing . . . Shetterly puts a hand on your forearm and says, come walk along the Maine coast. Let's consider other species, eels and hummingbirds."" -- Los Angeles Times --Dallas Morning News This is a delightful book about living in the woods, enjoying what's outside your window and finding pleasure in taking the time to notice the little things right in front of us."" --Columbus Dispatch" Author InformationSusan Hand Shetterly is the author of the essay collections Settled in the Wild and The New Year's Owl, as well as several children's books including Shelterwood, named an Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children by the Children's Book Council. Shetterly has received a nonfiction writing grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and two grants from the Maine Arts Commission. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |