Of Prairie, Woods, and Water: Two Centuries of Chicago Nature Writing by Joel Greenberg

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Of Prairie, Woods, and Water: Two Centuries of Chicago Nature Writing by Joel Greenberg
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Features

Hardcover: 424 pages

Publisher: University Of Chicago Press May 1, 2008

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0226306607

ISBN-13: 978-0226306605

Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.5 x 1.2 inches

Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds

Product Review
"I had trouble putting it down. The letters, articles, journal entries and other writings presented a wonderful window on our past. . . It was like seeing Illinois for the first time-a strange and wild foreign land that is difficult to reconcile with what we see here today."-David L. Thomas, Chief of the Illinois Natural History Survey (David L. Thomas 20081009)

"At its best, nature writing invigorates, educates and motivates. Joel Greenberg's Of Prairie, Woods, and Water is nature writing at its best. This unprecedented anthology of literature about Chicago's environmental beauty inspires our wonder and spurs us to imagine the world at its best, which in turn can lead us to take action to help make it so."-Senator Richard J. Durbin (Richard J. Durbin )

"A powerful historical context for contemporary conservation concerns. I would recommend Of Prairie, Woods, and Water to anyone interested in the natural history of the Chicago region."-Gerard T. Donnelly, President and CEO, The Morton Arboretum (Gerard T. Donnelly )

Product Description
In the literary imagination, Chicago evokes images of industry and unbridled urban growth. But the tallgrass prairie and deep forests that once made up Chicago’s landscape also inspired musings from residents and visitors alike. In Of Prairie, Woods, and Water, naturalist Joel Greenberg gathers these unique voices from the land to present an unexpected portrait of Chicago in this often charming, sometimes heart-wrenching anthology of nature writing.
These writings tell the tale of a land in transition—one with abundant, unique, and incredibly lush flora and fauna, a natural history quite elusive today. Drawing on archives he uncovered while writing his acclaimed A Natural History of the Chicago Region, Greenberg hand-selected these first-person narratives, all written between 1721 and 1959. Not every author is familiar, but every contribution is distinctive. From a pioneer’s hilarious notes on life in the Kankakee marsh to Theodore Drieser’s poignant plea for conservation of the Tippecanoe River to infamous murderer Nathan Leopold’s charming description of a pet robin he kept in prison, the sources included are as diverse as the nature they describe.
The excerpts conclude with insightful biographical essays and traverse a wide area of greater Chicagoland, from the Illinois River to southwest Michigan, from southern Wisconsin to the Limberlost swamp of northeastern Indiana. A fascinating record of Chicago’s changing environmental history, Of Prairie, Woods, and Water captures the natural world in a way that will inspire its continued conservation. (20071203)

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