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Published to wide acclaim, this beautiful meditation on the fate of grassland birds has been praised for its profound wisdom and lyrical grace. Herriot, in a narrative that is at once intimate and informative, argues for the essential nature of these tiny creatures. He invites us into the unique world of dedicated scientists, passionate naturalists and such historical figures as 19th-century botanist John Macoun, the last naturalist to see the Great Plains in its pre-settlement grandeur. Grass, Sky, Song is a blending of personal experience, history, philosophy and scientific research. Filled with evocative "sidebar" descriptions of threatened birds, from the sharp-tailed grouse to the chestnutcollared longspur, this graceful book demonstrates why Trevor Herriot is regarded as one of Canada's finest non-fiction writers. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Herriot refers often to the "canopy of sound" that early explorers discovered when they first came to the prairies. I want to experience that. About halfway through the book I was quite depressed by all the reports of falling bird counts and I thought that it was too late for me or anyone else to experience the canopy of sound. Even at the end of the book, Herriot is not reassuring about saving all the birds but some have started to come back. He even mentions some burrowing owls being found in Manitoba near Spruce Woods Park years after they had apparently disappeared from the province. So maybe, just maybe, with the encouragement of champions like Trevor Herriot, we can bring back a semblance of the "canopy of sound". I'm certainly going to source out meat grown on grassland as my small start.
I think this book is as important to our understanding of human impact on nature as Rachel Carson's "The Silent Spring" was when it came out in 1962. As Wikipedia says about The Silent Spring "The book is widely credited with helping launch the environmental movement." Maybe Grass, Sky, Song will help launch a new commitment to environmental management. ( )