http://www.wellreadnaturalist.com/2009/10/prairie-spring/ The Natural History Book Review Tue, 08 May 2012 23:16:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.wellreadnaturalist.com/2009/10/prairie-spring/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Holiday Gift Book Suggestions at The Well-read Naturalist Sat, 19 Dec 2009 05:51:47 +0000 http://www.wellreadnaturalist.com/?p=19#comment-88 [...] When Pete and Linda Dunne stepped out their back door into the cold New Jersey pre-dawn of New Year’s Day, 1989, they were taking the first step into a year-long birding journey that would take them across North America, reach its conclusion on the prairie in Baldwin City, Kansas, and be chronicled in one of Dunne’s most well known and beloved books – The Feather Quest: a North American Birder’s Year. Eighteen years later, we meet the Dunnes once again on the American prairie, this time on the Pawnee National Grasslands near Briggsdale, Colorado. It’s Groundhog Day and they are just beginning a journey that will be chronicled in Prairie Spring: A Journey Into the Heart of a Season – a work that, while confined to a shorter frame of time, exceeds The Feather Quest in both depth and aspiration, and should justly be regarded as one of Dunne’s finest works to date. (full review) [...] [...] When Pete and Linda Dunne stepped out their back door into the cold New Jersey pre-dawn of New Year’s Day, 1989, they were taking the first step into a year-long birding journey that would take them across North America, reach its conclusion on the prairie in Baldwin City, Kansas, and be chronicled in one of Dunne’s most well known and beloved books – The Feather Quest: a North American Birder’s Year. Eighteen years later, we meet the Dunnes once again on the American prairie, this time on the Pawnee National Grasslands near Briggsdale, Colorado. It’s Groundhog Day and they are just beginning a journey that will be chronicled in Prairie Spring: A Journey Into the Heart of a Season – a work that, while confined to a shorter frame of time, exceeds The Feather Quest in both depth and aspiration, and should justly be regarded as one of Dunne’s finest works to date. (full review) [...]

]]> http://www.wellreadnaturalist.com/2009/10/prairie-spring/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Review Roundup: December 8, 2009 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:28:18 +0000 http://www.wellreadnaturalist.com/?p=19#comment-48 [...] The Well-read Naturalist [...] [...] The Well-read Naturalist [...]

]]> http://www.wellreadnaturalist.com/2009/10/prairie-spring/comment-page-1/#comment-6 OpposableChums Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:18:34 +0000 http://www.wellreadnaturalist.com/?p=19#comment-6 Agreed. Magnificent book. I now have knowledge and appreciation of a place I've never visited, but now very much want to. A must-read. Agreed. Magnificent book. I now have knowledge and appreciation of a place I’ve never visited, but now very much want to. A must-read.

]]> http://www.wellreadnaturalist.com/2009/10/prairie-spring/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Born Again Bird Watcher » Blog Archive » The Well-read Naturalist: Prairie Spring Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:05:41 +0000 http://www.wellreadnaturalist.com/?p=19#comment-5 [...] My review of Pete Dunne’s most recent book, Prairie Spring, is now published at The Well-read Naturalist. [...] [...] My review of Pete Dunne’s most recent book, Prairie Spring, is now published at The Well-read Naturalist. [...]

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