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From Susan Fenimore Cooper's early warnings about the profligate use of natural resources to Mary Treat's tenacious defense of her scientific discoveries, from Alice Eastwood's defiance of convention and Caroline Dormon's, Lucy Braun's, and Rachel Carson's impassioned pleas to save the earth, American Women Afield catalogs the determination and devotion of these early scientists and acknowledges their invaluable contributions to ornithology, entomology, botany, agrostology, and ecology.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Each excerpt in this book reveals the important role these women played not only as writers but as popularizers of nature study at a time when very little literature on this subject was available to the general public. Whether scientist or generalist, the reader will discover insights into their methods of field work as they tame wasps, camp out in jungles, climb unnamed mountaintops, or sit patiently in the woods for hours.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Written as a companion book to Bonta's earlier published Women in the Field: America's Pioneering Women Naturalists, American Women Afield adds an additional dimension to female scientific history by presenting the authors' own words. Luckily for the reader, Bonta has scoured libraries, museums, and private collections to uncover letters, out-of-print journal articles, field notes, and selected book chapters from the recesses of academia. Each selection is unique in style, tone, and subject and clearly shows not only the authors' love of nature but their desire to communicate that love to others.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e American Women Afield is a charming, informative, and revealing account of pioneering women--mentors whose lives have been forgotten for far too long.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49958493225233,"sku":"CIN0890966346G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50268300214545,"sku":"CIN0890966346VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0890966346.jpg?v=1751108602"},{"product_id":"more-outbound-journeys-in-pennsylvania-book-marcia-m-bonta-9780271014456","title":"More Outbound Journeys in Pennsylvania","description":"An illustrated guidebook that describes forty-nine natural places in Pennsylvania to explore and enjoy.  In this sequel to the popular guidebook Outbound Journeys in Pennsylvania, Marcia Bonta describes forty-nine new outstanding natural places in Pennsylvania, featuring their old-growth forests, scenic rivers, spectacular waterfalls, rare botanical localities, outstanding wetlands, unique geological formations, endangered ecosystems, and special birdwatching areas. The book is divided into three sections—Eastern, Central, and Western Pennsylvania—and covers unique natural features in state parks, state forests, private nature sanctuaries, state game lands, county parks, environmental education centers, and a National Military Park.   Each chapter discusses the flora and fauna of the site, as well as its unique features and also contains historical information so that people can learn about Pennsylvania’s natural heritage without necessarily visiting the places. Bonta gives precise directions on how to reach each area, most of which are easily accessible from the major population centers of the state. In addition, she offers complete information on each site, including the best trails to follow, telephone numbers, hours, availability of group tours, and admission charges. A special section on sources and the detailed bibliography give readers more information on how to obtain maps and books that will add to their appreciation and knowledge of the places and natural history covered in the book.  Most of the outings are not too strenuous and are ideal for families and groups of all kinds and ages. Aimed at a broad audience of naturalists, both armchair and active, More Outbound Journeys in Pennsylvania will also interest birdwatchers, hikers, campers, fishermen, hunters, canoeists, and wildflower and plant enthusiasts. Anyone who is interested in outdoor Pennsylvania can use this book to discover and enjoy the natural beauty of the Keystone State.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50278549094673,"sku":"CIN0271014458VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50285904724241,"sku":"CIN0271014458G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0271014458.jpg?v=1750908810"},{"product_id":"appalachian-summer-book-marcia-bonta-9780822956938","title":"Appalachian Summer","description":"As she did in Appalachian Spring and Appalachian Autumn, Bonta offers a day-by-day account of the natural life of one place--her 648-acre property in south central Pennsylvania. In Appalachian Summer, Bonta's first grandchild spends her first summer on earth, and her growth is compared with that of the forest animals. Another important event in this Appalachian summer is the disappearance of a local girl. As the mountain is thoroughly searched, Bonta poses questions about the safety of women in the woods. Do women stay out of the woods because they fear attack by men, or wild creatures and the unknown? Should they have such fears? In her minute observations of one place, one season, Marcia Bonta lays bare the connections we retain to the natural world, which is, finally, our own.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50317151109393,"sku":"CIN0822956934G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51008434241809,"sku":"NIN9780822956938","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0822956934.jpg?v=1762422610"},{"product_id":"appalachian-spring-book-marcia-bonta-9780822954422","title":"Appalachian Spring","description":"Marcia Bonta is a naturalist-writer who has lived on a 500-acre mountain-top farm in central Pennsylvania for twenty years.  Appalachian Spring is her personal account of that glorious spectacle - the coming of the spring to the woods and fields of Appalachia.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50327636508945,"sku":"CIN0822954427G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51008483033361,"sku":"NIN9780822954422","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0822954427.jpg?v=1762422750"},{"product_id":"appalachian-autumn-book-marcia-bonta-9780822955344","title":"Appalachian Autumn","description":"Like her popular Appalachian Spring,  Marcia Bonta's new book offers a day-by-day account of the changing  world of nature in the mountains of central Pennsylvania.  This time she  chronicles the beauties of the autumn months as she walks the familiar  roads and trails of her 500-acre mountain-top farm, noting the minute  transformations of the season as well as the more dramatic ones.  But her quiet sojourn in the natural world is shattered by the intrusion  of a lumberman who insists upon clear-cutting a neighboring property.   The massive bulldozers and skidders crush every tree and shrub, weed,  and wildflower, leaving only rubble in their wake.  The Bontas become  involved in a lawsuit challenging this violation of the land they love  and seeking to protect their own property from the effects of the  logging.  \"Autumn is a bittersweet time,\" Bonta writes, \"a season of good-byes,  when, after the flaming leaves fall and start the inevitable process of  decay, we are left with only the bare bones of nature.\"  Fleeing from  the whine of chain saws and the crash of falling trees, she roams the  mountain-top, watching wild turkeys forage in the field, flocks of  migrating birds feast on wild grapes, does and bucks eye each other in  their mating ritual.  But she can never completely evade the insistent question: What is the  relationship between humans and nature?  Does ownership give one the  right to do as one pleases with the land and all the flora and fauna  living on it?  Does the natural world exists solely to satisfy mankind’s  desire for profit?  The answer is not simple; it cannot be drawn in winter’s black and  white.  But the issues must be of concern to every thoughtful person.   Marcia Bonta’s Appalachian Autumn offers a new voice in the ongoing debate.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50362052575505,"sku":"CIN0822955342A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51008611221777,"sku":"NIN9780822955344","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52979945308433,"sku":"CIN0822955342G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0822955342.jpg?v=1762422773"},{"product_id":"appalachian-winter-book-marcia-bonta-9780822958628","title":"Appalachian Winter","description":"Winter is the season that most tests our mettle. There are the obvious challenges of the weather-freezing rain, wind chill, deep snow, dangerous ice-but also the psychological burdens of waiting for spring and the enduring often false starts that accompany its eventual return. On the surface, perhaps, winter might seem an odd season for a nature book, but there is plenty of beauty and life in the woods if only we know where to look. The stark, white landscape sparkles in the sunshine and glows beneath the moon on crisp, clear nights; the opening up of the forest makes it easy to see long distances; birds, some of which can be easily seen only in winter, flock to feeders; and animals-even those that should be hibernating-make surprise visits from time to time. Appalachian Winter offers acclaimed naturalist Marcia Bonta's view of one season, as experienced on and around her 650-acre home on the westernmost ridge of the hill-and-valley landscape that dominates central Pennsylvania. Written in the style of a journal, each day's entry focuses on her walks and rambles through the woods and fields that she has known and loved for over thirty years. Along the way she discovers a long-eared owl in a dense stand of conifers, tracks a bear through an early December snowfall, explains the life and ecological niche of the red-backed vole, and examines the recent arrival of an Asian ladybug. These are but a few of the tidbits sprinkled throughout the book, interwoven with the human stories of Bonta's family, as well as the highway builders and shopping-mall developers that threaten the idyllic peacefulness of her mountain. This is the fourth and final volume of Bonta's seasonal meditations on the natural history of the northern Appalachian Mountains. Her gentle, charming accounts of changing weather and of the struggles faced by plants, animals, and insects breathe new warmth into the coldest months of the year.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51008534479121,"sku":"NIN9780822958628","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51848532099345,"sku":"CIN0822958627G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0822958627.jpg?v=1762422635"},{"product_id":"escape-to-the-mountain-book-marcia-bonta-9781604190021","title":"Escape to the Mountain","description":"This book describes the joy of family life on a very remote mountaintop farm. There is moon-lit sledding, fall garden harvesting, a world of birds and wild animals, all punctuated by the father's long daily commute to a real world job. 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