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In a time of rising ecological concern and interest Virgin Forest is a useful book to readers who are interested in the philosophical side of ecology, culture and history, and who want to understand the deeper forces behind moral ecology, before they study the more practical application of environmental history.-- Environment and History

Puts Zencey in the high company of pro-nature intellectuals like Wendell Berry and Wes Jackson. -- Advocate

In a time of rising ecological concern and interest Virgin Forest is a useful book to readers who are interested in the philosophical side of ecology, culture and history, and who want to understand the deeper forces behind moral ecology, before they study the more practical application of environmental history. --Environment and History These philosophical essays . . . should intrigue those who enjoy exploring unexpected connections and fresh insights. --Library Journal Puts Zencey in the high company of pro-nature intellectuals like Wendell Berry and Wes Jackson. --Advocate Offers many erudite and reflective lessons on nature and our place in it. --Publishers Weekly Infinitely wise and unflinching. --Bill McKibben [Zencey] is a fine essayist with a graceful, quiet voice and a talent for putting some of the more vexing environmental questions of our time into perspective. --Outside If you were to pick one person who sees deepest into environmentalism, I think that person might be Eric Zencey. And if you were to list the four or five best writers in the field, I know for sure he'd be one of them. --Noel Perrin author of First Person Rural

If you were to pick one person who sees deepest into environmentalism, I think that person might be Eric Zencey. And if you were to list the four or five best writers in the field, I know for sure he'd be one of them. -- Noel Perrin * author of <i>First Person Rural</i> * [Zencey] is a fine essayist with a graceful, quiet voice and a talent for putting some of the more vexing environmental questions of our time into perspective. -- <i>Outside</i> Infinitely wise and unflinching. -- Bill McKibben Offers many erudite and reflective lessons on nature and our place in it. -- <i>Publishers Weekly</i> Puts Zencey in the high company of pro-nature intellectuals like Wendell Berry and Wes Jackson. -- <i>Advocate</i> These philosophical essays . . . should intrigue those who enjoy exploring unexpected connections and fresh insights. -- <i>Library Journal</i> In a time of rising ecological concern and interest Virgin Forest is a useful book to readers who are interested in the philosophical side of ecology, culture and history, and who want to understand the deeper forces behind moral ecology, before they study the more practical application of environmental history. -- <i>Environment and History</i>

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ERIC ZENCEY is the author of the best-selling novel Panama and a contributing editor for the North American Review. He lives in Vermont.

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