Of Prairie, Woods, and Water

by Joel Greenberg (ed.)
Category: "Nature/Science"
Pages:402
Year of Publication:2008
Date Added:09/20/2023
Date Read:10/08/2025
Notes:Subtitle: Two Centuries of Chicago Nature Writing

Essays, articles, and memoirs about nature in the greater Chicagoland region — plants, birds, animals, fish, hunting, conservation.
My Rating: 5

Reviews for Of Prairie, Woods, and Water

Review - Of Prairie, Woods, and Water

The memoirs and travel pieces were pretty good. It is astounding to read about the sheer numbers of birds and animals in the 1800's. There were a lot of more scientific pieces that were little more than catalogs of species. These were far less interesting.
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