The East Country
Almanac Tales of Valley and Shore
by Jules Pretty
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Pub Date Sep 15 2017 | Archive Date Aug 30 2017
Cornell University Press | Comstock Publishing Associates
Description
The East Country is a work of creative nonfiction in which the acclaimed nature writer Jules Pretty integrates memoir, natural history, cultural critique, and spiritual reflection into a single compelling narrative. Pretty frames his book around Aldo Leopold and his classic A Sand County Almanac, bringing Leopold’s ethic—that some could live without nature but most should not—into the twenty-first century. In The East Country, Pretty follows the seasons through seventy-four tales set in a variety of landscapes from valley to salty shore. Pretty convinces us that we should all develop long attachments to the local, observing that the land can change us for the better.
Advance Praise
"The East Country,
like all accomplished works of close ecological focus, moves cleverly
between the intensely local and the universal. Jules Pretty unites his
two distinguished careers—as a biologist and as a writer in the broad
fields of nature, place and landscape—to encourage 'long attachments to
the local' as profoundly valuable undertakings."—Robert Macfarlane,
author of The Old Ways and Landmarks
"The East Country is a marvelous book. There is something
mystical about it, coming perhaps from the sense of reverence that Jules
Pretty accords the natural world. It gives the sense of a prose poem, a
song of praise for a world that is vanishing."—Astrid E. J. Ogilvie,
coeditor of The Iceberg in the Mist
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781501709333 |
| PRICE | $17.95 (USD) |
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Featured Reviews
Lori S, Reviewer
As the description states, acclaimed nature writer Jules Pretty frames 'The East Country' around Aldo Leopold's classic 'Sand Country Almanac'. So, when this description came across my desk, I knew I had to read Jules book.
Leonardo da Vinci suggested heightening senses to enhance life's experiences. And in this book Jules Pretty shows us he's done this.
When you read the first page, you'll find that Jules excels at situational awareness. Can you imagine? Honestly, for many of us when we look out across the horizon. We see land. We see sky.
Jules Pretty provides us with close ups of all this, and with everything in between.
Happily, I enthusiastically noted, these local and the universal collections and reflections occur not only out in the meadow where we'd normally see things detailed. But, also they appear on roads and in an around buildings and while chatting with friends and associates over tea.
In this book, his words comes across like thousands of snowflakes - falling . Each having its own unique identity. And on the tongue its more like a melody than just mere words written on a page.
I surmise you could say, "I simply love his emotional output of text, his synthesising mind, and his attachment to the land."
Bottom Line: This is a beautiful read.I highly recommend it.
