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These essays, each a multifaceted gem, convey an exuberant sense of what it feels like to encounter the greater-than-human world with senses alert and mind engaged. And what a mind! Equally at ease in science and art, in philosophy and fun, Robert Michael Pyle is curious and knowledgeable about all manner of living things, from butterflies to bats, from bioluminescent plankton to the yeast in beer. If you can t go afield with him, go a-page. You will not find a livelier companion. Scott Russell Sanders, author of Earth Works and A Conservationist Manifesto The Tangled Bank was a deeply pleasurable read, a reminder of what's important in my own life as an observer of the natural world. The book evoked a sense of hope that we can all live like this, engaged, responsive, awake to the beauty around us. --Sharman Apt Russell, author of Standing in the Light: My Life as a Pantheist These essays, each a multifaceted gem, convey an exuberant sense of what it feels like to encounter the greater-than-human world with senses alert and mind engaged. And what a mind! Equally at ease in science and art, in philosophy and fun, Robert Michael Pyle is curious and knowledgeable about all manner of living things, from butterflies to bats, from bioluminescent plankton to the yeast in beer. If you can't go afield with him, go a-page. You will not find a livelier companion. --Scott Russell Sanders, author of Earth Works and A Conservationist Manifesto The Tangled Bank was a deeply pleasurable read, a reminder of what s important in my own life as an observer of the natural world. The book evoked a sense of hope that we can all live like this, engaged, responsive, awake to the beauty around us. Sharman Apt Russell, author of Standing in the Light: My Life as a Pantheist The Tangled Bank was a deeply pleasurable read, a reminder of what's important in my own life as an observer of the natural world. The book evoked a sense of hope that we can all live like this, engaged, responsive, awake to the beauty around us. --Sharman Apt Russell, author of Standing in the Light: My Life as a Pantheist

These essays, each a multifaceted gem, convey an exuberant sense of what it feels like to encounter the greater-than-human world with senses alert and mind engaged. And what a mind! Equally at ease in science and art, in philosophy and fun, Robert Michael Pyle is curious and knowledgeable about all manner of living things, from butterflies to bats, from bioluminescent plankton to the yeast in beer. If you can't go afield with him, go a-page. You will not find a livelier companion. --Scott Russell Sanders, author of Earth Works and A Conservationist Manifesto These essays, each a multifaceted gem, convey an exuberant sense of what it feels like to encounter the greater-than-human world with senses alert and mind engaged. And what a mind! Equally at ease in science and art, in philosophy and fun, Robert Michael Pyle is curious and knowledgeable about all manner of living things, from butterflies to bats, from bioluminescent plankton to the yeast in beer. If you can t go afield with him, go a-page. You will not find a livelier companion. Scott Russell Sanders, author of Earth Works and A Conservationist Manifesto The Tangled Bank was a deeply pleasurable read, a reminder of what s important in my own life as an observer of the natural world. The book evoked a sense of hope that we can all live like this, engaged, responsive, awake to the beauty around us. Sharman Apt Russell, author of Standing in the Light: My Life as a Pantheist The Tangled Bank was a deeply pleasurable read, a reminder of what's important in my own life as an observer of the natural world. The book evoked a sense of hope that we can all live like this, engaged, responsive, awake to the beauty around us. --Sharman Apt Russell, author of Standing in the Light: My Life as a Pantheist

The Tangled Bank was a deeply pleasurable read, a reminder of what's important in my own life as an observer of the natural world. The book evoked a sense of hope that we can all live like this, engaged, responsive, awake to the beauty around us. --Sharman Apt Russell, author of Standing in the Light: My Life as a Pantheist <br>

The Tangled Bank was a deeply pleasurable read, a reminder of what's important in my own life as an observer of the natural world. The book evoked a sense of hope that we can all live like this, engaged, responsive, awake to the beauty around us. --Sharman Apt Russell, author of Standing in the Light: My Life as a Pantheist

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Robert Michael Pyle dwells with his wife, Thea, a botanist and weaver, in an old Swedish farmstead in southwest Washington, USA. His sixteen books include the John Burroughs Medal-winning Wintergreen, The Thunder Tree, Sky Time in Gray's River, and Mariposa Road. A Guggenheim Fellow and founder of The Xerces Society, he is often associated with butterflies, slugs, and Bigfoot.

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