A Natural History of the Heart of North America
By Candace Savage
Natural history of the North American prairie, from pre-history to present. So very much information here—I loved every page. Except, of course, the pages that detailed how very of little of virgin tallgrass prairie is left. But the author is an optimist for all her realism, and she points out the many pockets of disjointed prairie that still exist in the edge rows and easements of the farmlands that destroyed all that wonderful land.
Those remnants hold a diminished and denuded portion of
what once was a glorious landscape, but at least they promise that all isn’t
completely lost and some might even be brought back, someday.
If only.
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