Fen, Bog and Swamp

Fen, Bog and Swamp
Title Fen, Bog and Swamp PDF eBook
Author Annie Proulx
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 208
Release 2022-09-27
Genre Nature
ISBN 1982173378

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*Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker and Literary Hub!* *A 2022 NBCC Awards Nonfiction Finalist and a 2023 Phillip D. Reed Environmental Writing Award Finalist* From Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Proulx, this riveting deep dive into the history of our wetlands and what their systematic destruction means for the planet “is both an enchanting work of nature writing and a rousing call to action” (Esquire). “I learned something new—and found something amazing—on every page.” —Anthony Doerr, author of All the Light We Cannot See and Cloud Cuckoo Land A lifelong acolyte of the natural world, Annie Proulx brings her witness and research to the subject of wetlands and the vitally important role they play in preserving the environment—by storing the carbon emissions that accelerate climate change. Fens, bogs, swamps, and marine estuaries are crucial to the earth’s survival, and in four illuminating parts, Proulx documents their systemic destruction in pursuit of profit. In a vivid and revelatory journey through history, Proulx describes the fens of 16th-century England, Canada’s Hudson Bay lowlands, Russia’s Great Vasyugan Mire, and America’s Okeefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. She introduces the early explorers who launched the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, and writes of the diseases spawned in the wetlands—the Ague, malaria, Marsh Fever. A sobering look at the degradation of wetlands over centuries and the serious ecological consequences, this is “an unforgettable and unflinching tour of past and present, fixed on a subject that could not be more important” (Bill McKibben). “A stark but beautifully written Silent Spring–style warning from one of our greatest novelists.” —The Christian Science Monitor

Swamplands

Swamplands
Title Swamplands PDF eBook
Author Edward Struzik
Publisher Island Press
Pages 314
Release 2021-10-12
Genre Nature
ISBN 1642830801

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In a world filled with breathtaking beauty, we have often overlooked the elusive magic of certain landscapes. A cloudy river flows into an Arctic wetland where sandhill cranes and muskoxen dwell. Further south, cypress branches hang low over dismal swamps. Places like these-collectively known as swamplands or peatlands-often go unnoticed for their ecological splendor. They are as globally significant as rainforests, yet, because of their reputation as wastelands, they are being systematically drained and degraded. Swamplands celebrates these wild places, as journalist Edward Struzik highlights the unappreciated struggle to save peatlands by scientists, conservationists, and landowners around the world. An ode to peaty landscapes in all their offbeat glory, the book is also a demand for awareness of the myriad threats they face. It inspires us to see the beauty and importance in these least likely of places­. Our planet's survival might depend on it.

The Book of Swamp & Bog

The Book of Swamp & Bog
Title The Book of Swamp & Bog PDF eBook
Author John Eastman
Publisher Stackpole Books
Pages 264
Release 1995-03-01
Genre Nature
ISBN 0811740218

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Ecological approach to natural history provides complete descriptions of 80 common wetland plants.

Stirring the Mud

Stirring the Mud
Title Stirring the Mud PDF eBook
Author Barbara Hurd
Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages 164
Release 2003
Genre Nature
ISBN 9780618215126

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In these nine evocative essays, Barbara Hurd explores the seductive allure of bogs, swamps, and wetlands. Hurd's forays into the land of carnivorous plants, swamp gas, and bog men provide fertile ground for rich thoughts about mythology, literature, Eastern spirituality, and human longing. In her observations of these muddy environments, she finds ample metaphor for human creativity, 9imagination, and fear.

Swamp Stories

Swamp Stories
Title Swamp Stories PDF eBook
Author Jim Arnosky
Publisher StarWalk Kids Media
Pages 100
Release 2014-08-30
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 163083372X

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In this followup to his narrative nonfiction book WATER STORIES, Jim Arnosky chronicles his adventures on the water. A StarWalk Kids Original Book.

The Secret of the Swamp King

The Secret of the Swamp King
Title The Secret of the Swamp King PDF eBook
Author Jonathan Rogers
Publisher B&H Publishing Group
Pages 246
Release 2005
Genre Adventure and adventurers
ISBN 9780805431322

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King Darrow sends Aidan Errolson on an impossible quest, hoping he will never return, and although Aidan has enough friends to succeed on the journey, even he might not be able to defeat the powerful enemy that awaits him at its end.

The Bark of the Bog Owl

The Bark of the Bog Owl
Title The Bark of the Bog Owl PDF eBook
Author Jonathan Rogers
Publisher B&H Publishing Group
Pages 242
Release 2004
Genre Fiction
ISBN 0805431314

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In this fantasy/allegory, Rogers retells the life of biblical character King David.