pick5 stars. Part natural history, part plea to bring beavers back to landscapes. Excellent writing. Ben is smart, funny and passionate about beavers! Solastalgia: the emotional distress we feel at witnessing the destruction of beloved homelands: the dissonance of change, the rapidity of loss, the disorientation wrought by environmental grief. Soliphilia: the notion of political commitment to saving loved home environments.
SamAnne This book is like a really great New Yorker article. If you think you aren‘t interested in beavers, river restoration, natural history, it will suck you in. A great book for the lay person as well as folks like me involved in river restoration. 6y
Hooked_on_books My house backs onto a creek and I‘ve seen a couple of beavers there. I may have to read this one! 6y
SamAnne #Hooked_on_books Ben just won a PEN award and it was listed in WaPost‘s top ten non-fiction books for 2018. It‘s a great read. I used to have a neighbor beaver too. I love them. 6y
Lindy Stacked. I‘m a fan of beavers and their water engineering feats too. If you want more along these lines:![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png)
The Beaver Manifesto 6y
The Beaver ManifestoSamAnne #Lindy thanks for the recommend. Will check it out!! 6y