The Suburban Wild by Friederici, Peter
The Suburban Wild by Friederici, Peter

The Suburban Wild

Set in the North Shore suburbs of Chicago, amid traffic, pollution, and ever-increasing neighborhoods of houses and...
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Author: Peter Friederici
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Language: English
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The Suburban Wild by Friederici, Peter

The Suburban Wild

$67.78
The Suburban Wild by Friederici, Peter

The Suburban Wild

$67.78
Author: Peter Friederici
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Set in the North Shore suburbs of Chicago, amid traffic, pollution, and ever-increasing neighborhoods of houses and apartments, these meditative personal essays explore the importance of our connection with the natural world, history, and memory. The Suburban Wild follows the seasons from one spring to the next, celebrating the natural miracles we frequently miss and revealing a territory less tamed than we might imagine. These essays offer the sights and sounds found on the outskirts of cities, just perceptible amid the clutter and din of crowded streets and sidewalks. From the constant humming of cicadas on summer evenings and the seasonal migrations of ducks to the myriad hues in a green heron's feathers, Peter Friederici reveals a complex place in which wild geese and morning commuters share the same habitat.

The essays honor our lost creatures and places, emphasizing the importance of history, memory, and consciousness. The author describes the varying shades and textures of a clay bluff near his childhood home, relating the gradual erosion and recession of this Ice Age-old landform. A description of spirogyra algae blooms on Lake Michigan merges with a discussion of the lake's once abundant native mussels and the imported zebra mussels that are threatening their existence. From recorded memories, Friederici re-creates the sight of the now extinct passenger pigeon. Though awareness of the destruction of the landscape and its creatures is never far from the wonders presented here, The Suburban Wild connects the tracks of wildlife and traces of our changing landscape with our own path through the world. The book explores how history--whether natural or cultural, collective or personal--shapes a landscape, and how human memory shapes that history. At heart, it seeks to forge a link between the world outside our windows and the one inside.



Author: Peter Friederici
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 11/04/1999
Pages: 136
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 8.71h x 5.76w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780820321349


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/04/1999 pg. 57
Booklist 10/15/1999 pg. 401

About the Author
PETER FRIEDERICI was raised in the suburbs of Chicago and now lives in Flagstaff, Arizona, where he directs the Sustainable Communities program at Northern Arizona University. His writings on connections between people and place have been widely published in magazines and journals. His books include Nature's Restoration: People and Places on the Front Lines of Conservation and, with photographer Peter Goin, A New Form of Beauty: Glen Canyon beyond Climate Change.
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