Prospect - Softcover

"In these keenly intelligent essays we follow the writer's delving of American landscapes, where bison and tallgrass prairies, elms and elk, "foolhen" grouse and riparian flora are set forth in cherishable particularities of detail. Though trail-wise and plucky, the author shuns easy effects of self-dramatization in favor of her naturalist's care and dear concern. Thus from start to finish, the voice is one we trust completely." "Dodd writes essays with a naturalist's eye for pattern, a poet's feel for language, a historian's respect for the past, and a lover's yearing for the health of the land and all its creatures." "This book of essays should establish Dodd as one of the country s best young writers." Roger Mitchell, Indiana University" "Dodd writes essays with a naturalist s eye for pattern, a poet s feel for language, a historian s respect for the past, and a lover s yearning for the health of the land and all its creatures." Scott Russell Sanders, author of "The Force of Spirit "" "In these keenly intelligent essays we follow the writer s delving of American landscapes, where bison and tallgrass prairies, elms and elk, 'foolhen' grouse and riparian flora are set forth in cherishable particularities of detail. Though trail-wise and plucky, the author shuns easy effects of self-dramatization in favor of her naturalist s care and dear concern. Thus from start to finish, the voice is one we trust completely." Reg Saner, author of "Reaching Keet Seel: Ruin s Echo and the Anasazi"" "Dodd writes essays with a naturalist's eye for pattern, a poet's feel for language, a historian's respect for the past, and a lover's yearning for the health of the land and all its creatures."--Scott Russell Sanders, author of "The Force of Spirit "