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Natural History of the Chicago Region by Joel Greenberg (2002, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press

ISBN-100226306488

ISBN-139780226306483

eBay Product ID (ePID)2266854

Product Key Features

Book TitleNatural History of the Chicago Region

Number of Pages592 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2002

TopicEcology, Regional

IllustratorYes

GenreNature

AuthorJoel Greenberg

Book SeriesCenter for American Places-Center Books on American Places Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.5 in

Item Weight45.1 Oz

Item Length10 in

Item Width7 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2002-000244

ReviewsJoel Greenberg plays the role of scientist in A Natural History of the Chicago Region , exhaustively and objectively listing what was here. Sometimes with a heavy heart, and sometimes with humor, he explains who changed it, who destroyed it, who preserved it, and what we should do about it now. . . . It sticks with you when you look at the ground, or at the water in the lake (and in your glass), and at the plants and trees all around. When you go fishing, when you go hiking, when you go to work. Because you know what's 'supposed' to be wherever you look., Joel Greenberg is something of a regional treasure himself, a man with a restless mind who can walk us out into the woods confident in his ability to share some great insight about why this or that patch of wilderness is important today., Joel Greenberg plays the role of scientist in A Natural History of the Chicago Region , exhaustively and objectively listing what was here. Sometimes with a heavy heart, and sometimes with humor, he explains who changed it, who destroyed it, who preserved it, and what we should do about it now. . . . It sticks with you when you look at the ground, or at the water in the lake (and in your glass), and at the plants and trees all around. When you go fishing, when you go hiking, when you go to work. Because you know what''s ''supposed'' to be wherever you look.

Dewey Edition21

TitleLeadingA

Dewey Decimal508.773/11

SynopsisIn A Natural History of the Chicago Region , Joel Greenberg takes readers on a journey that begins in 1673 with Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet--the first Europeans known to have visited the Chicago region--and that we're still on today. This is a fascinating story, told with humor and passion, of forests battling prairies for dominance; of grasslands plowed, wetlands drained, and species driven to extinction in the settlement of the Midwest; and of caring conservationists fighting to preserve and restore the native plants and animals. Intermingling historical anecdotes and episodes straight from the words of early settlers and naturalists with current scientific information, Greenberg places the natural history of the region in a human context, showing how it affects our everyday existence in even the most urbanized landscape of Chicago.

LC Classification NumberQH105.I3G74 2002