Publisher's Synopsis
From the author of "The Sagebrush Ocean: A Natural History of the Great Basin", this book offers an anthology from a range of contemporary land-and-nature essayists. Trimble interviews each of the essayists and asks them to comment on their approach to this form of writing. The essayists are: Annie Dillard, Edward Abbey, Ann Zwinger, John McPhee, Edward Hoagland, John Madson, David Quammen, John Hay, Robert Finch, Gretel Erlich, Wendell Berry, Peter Mathiessen, Gary Nabhan, Barry Lopez and Sue Hubbell.;The book is intended for students and researchers in environmental studies, and general readers of literary nature writing.
