A Salad Only the Devil Would Eat: The Joys of Ugly Nature by Hood, Charles

A Salad Only the Devil Would Eat: The Joys of Ugly Nature

A quirky and reverent romp through nature with an irreverently funny guide In these wry and explosively...
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Author: Charles Hood
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A Salad Only the Devil Would Eat: The Joys of Ugly Nature by Hood, Charles

A Salad Only the Devil Would Eat: The Joys of Ugly Nature

$36.25

A Salad Only the Devil Would Eat: The Joys of Ugly Nature

$36.25
Author: Charles Hood
Format: Paperback
Language: English
A quirky and reverent romp through nature with an irreverently funny guide

In these wry and explosively funny essays, nature obsessive Charles Hood reveals his abiding affection for the overlooked and undervalued parts of the natural world. Like a Bill Bryson of the Mojave exurbs, Hood takes us on a joyride through the obscure, finding wilderness in Hollywood palms, the airports of Alaska, and the empty lots of Palmdale. In a zinger-filled whirl of literary and artistic allusions, he celebrates Audubon's droopy condor, the world-changing history of a cactus parasite, and the weird art of natural history dioramas. This debut collection of creative nonfiction from a widely published poet, photographer, and wildlife guide unveils the wonderment of nature's underbelly with poetic vision and singular wit.

Author: Charles Hood
Publisher: Heyday Books
Published: 11/02/2021
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.50w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781597145459


Award: Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards - Winner


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/18/2021
Foreword 10/26/2021

About the Author
Hood, Charles: - Poet and essayist Charles Hood grew up next to the Los Angeles River and has been a factory worker, ski instructor, boat salesman, and birding guide. He stopped counting birds when his list reached 5,000, but he soon replaced it with a mammal list, which now nears 1,000. Wild LA, his book in collaboration with the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, was named the best nonfiction book of 2019 by the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association. Hood currently lives and teaches in the Antelope Valley and is the author of Heyday's A Californian's Guide to the Birds among Us and A Californian's Guide to the Mammals among Us, as well as nine and a half books of poetry.

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