Side Channels: A Collection of Nature Writing and Memoir
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (933 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1936780372 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 202 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-07 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Life Along the Illinois River Tom Lerczak knows the Illinois River valley, and his writing brings the natural world of its tributaries to life. Tom is a biologist, which informs his writing. He is also writer gifted in the art of description.
In Side Channels, a stunning blend of natural history, nature journaling, and memoir, author Thomas V. Lerczak works as a natural resource specialist. He lives near Havana, Illinois, with his wife, Julie.From the beginning, Tom Lerczak managed to transport me with him on an odyssey of sorts, rich in the infinite mélange of a natural world many people hardly know. -From the Foreword by Debbie Scott Newman, conservationist and lead author of Creating Habitats and Homes for Illinois WildlifeNaturalist Tom Lerczak takes us along to explore his love of nature and the outdoors in this easy to read, but highly informative book. -Jerry Apps, author of Old Farm: a History and Cranberry Red. A collection of previously published articles, several unpublished pieces, and 12 shorter "memoir chapters"-all related to the book's focus on nature, birds, and rivers-serve as the backbone of this moving narrative. Lerczak illustrates the beauty of life along rivers, especially the Illinois River, while highlighting the juxtaposition between modern life and the natural world. Though each of the chapters maintains a particular ecological focus, the shorter, more memoir-driven sections serve as an adhesive-breathing life into Lerczak's words. While Side Channels is, at its center, a "nature book" grounded in the science of ecology, it is Lerczak's personal stories, from descriptio