Finalist for the Eric Hoffer Award?A natural history primer packed with travel ideas, this tour of 26 old-growth forests—one in each state east of the Mississippi River and all open to the public—aims
In this collection of natural-history essays, biologist Joan Maloof embarks on a series of lively, fact-filled expeditions into forests of the eastern United States. Through Maloof’s engaging,
From the leaves and branches of the canopy to the roots and soil of the understory, the forest is a complex, interconnected world filled with plants, birds, mammals, insects, and fungi. The Living For
