"People who know wilderness�real wilderness�know there is a dark side to the moon. This is a book about inner mountaineering, a perspective only an older climber can give."�Roderick Nash, author of Wilderness and the American Mind

Product Description: Are all snowflakes really different? Why do sugar maple leaves turn brilliant red, not yellow? These and many other questions are answered by The Naturalists' Year, a guide for the naturally curious. Organized in 26 chapters corresponding to two-week intervals throughout the year, readers are given close-up investigations into nature, with in-depth discussions of biological, geological, botanical, and zoological phenomena that they can easily observe almost anywhere in the U...read more