Nature’s Architect: The Beaver’s Return to Our Wild Landscapes

164 Pages·2015·2.33 MB·English

by  Jim Crumley

Praise for Jim Crumley’s previous nature books
S S S L A , 2014 for The Eagle’s Way
HORTLISTED FOR A ALTIRE OCIETY ITERARY WARD
“Crumley conveys the wonder of the natural world at its wildest…with honesty
and passion and, yes, poetry.”
S M , Scottish Review of Books “Scotland’s pre-eminent nature
USAN ANSFIELD
writer.” J P
IM ERRIN
“Jim Crumley soars with eagles and we watch with our mouths open, not just
because the presence of the eagle fills us with awe but the virtuoso writing does,
too.”
“Crumley’s distinctive voice carries
P E , BBC Countryfile Magazine
AUL VANS
you with him on his dawn forays and sunset vigils.”
J L -K , Herald
OHN ISTER AYE
“The best nature writer working in Britain today.”
D C , Los Angeles Times “Enthralling and often strident.” Observer
AVID RAIG
“Compulsively descriptive and infectious in its enthusiasm.” Scotland on Sunday
“Glowing and compelling.” Countryman “Every well-chosen word is destined to
find its way into our hearts and into our minds and into our imaginations.”
I S , The Scots Magazine “Well-written… elegant. Crumley speaks
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revealingly of ‘theatre-in-the-wild’.” Times Literary Supplement
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ATURE WRITING
The Eagle’s Way
Encounters in the Wild: Barn Owl Encounters in the Wild: Fox The Great Wood
The Last Wolf
The Winter Whale
Brother Nature
Something Out There
A High and Lonely Place