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Threads from the Web of Life: Stories in Natural History

Threads from the Web of Life: Stories in Natural History

Daubert, Stephen

Hardcover

Environmental StudiesGeneral NatureNature Writing

ISBN10: 0826515096
ISBN13: 9780826515094
Publisher: Vanderbilt Univ Pr
Published: Feb 10 2006
Pages: 176
Weight: 1.42
Height: 0.66 Width: 7.66 Depth: 10.18
Language: English
A Selection of the Discovery Channel Book Club

In sixteen stories Steve Daubert pulls the reader into the mystery and immediacy of ecological processes spanning a range from microscopic to tectonic, from microscopic to cosmic forces. Each tale brings the reader into the moment to witness an episode of survival in the wild first-hand. The material is presented on a level of intimacy and detail not usually encountered in other styles of natural history writing.

These creative non-fiction stories provide not just a bird's eye view (though that's true for the owls, warblers, condors, and hummingbirds in the book), but a wasp's eye view, a mouse's, a sea turtle's, a squid's. Sometimes the focus is as small as the detritus on the forest floor, or a single beat of the wing of a gull. Other stories range across evolutionary time. From whales and dinosaurs to creatures invisible to the naked eye, author and illustrator bring to life the dynamic interplay of living, evolving creatures and the natural forces that have shaped their worlds.

The book includes chapter notes that document the scientific basis for each story and describe the controversies still surrounding some of them -- a splendid resource for families to read and share.

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