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Summer World: A Season Of Bounty (2009)

by Bernd Heinrich(Favorite Author)

4 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0060742178 (ISBN13: 9780060742171)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Ecco

review 1: As with Winter World, this book is light on the science and heavy on the author's personal insights and detailed observations. This, however, does not make it any less enjoyable as he does an amazing job transporting you to the fields, ponds, and forests of a lush New England summer. Several species are showcased here but the focus always falls back to the system as a whole and the intricate relationships that comprise it. His vibrant descriptions combined with an unquenchable sense of wonder can bring out the tree-climbing, frog-catching, caterpillar-watching kid in any of us.
review 2: I read Heinrich's A YEAR IN THE MAINE WOODS several years ago and enjoyed it, so when I saw this book in a discount catalog I immediately ordered it. It is a sequel to WINTER ... moreWORLD, which I have not read, but is quite interesting on its own. Heinrich basically goes through the Maine and Vermont summer, which for nature starts before our marking, and describes in detail the month-by-month behavior of birds, flies, frogs, various plants, among other things. He is a close observer and, though a biologist, does not let his scientific knowledge get in the way of the general reader. Not everything that he describes is pleasant--cannibalism, murder, etc.--but he tries to understand how the various behaviors contribute to survival. Because of its attention to detail, this is not a fast-reading book, but I highly recommend it to anyone with an interest in how nature actually behaves. less

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