{"product_id":"nature-of-the-place-on-the-flora-and-fauna-of-the-adirondacks-hardcover","title":"Nature of the Place: On the Flora and Fauna of the Adirondacks - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdward Kanze\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRoss Whaley\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA love letter to the Adirondacks, revealing the hidden wonders and interconnected lives of its wildlife by one of the region's most prolific and prominent residents.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Nature of the Place\u003c\/i\u003e is storied Adirondack nature writer Edward Kanze's invitation to slow down, smell the roses, and get to know fellow creatures with more longstanding claims to this landscape than we have. Theirs is the real internet, a web of life that weaves together an almost infinite number of threads into a fabric that's a wonder to behold and something close to a miracle in a largely hostile universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these dazzling pages, readers meet the big charismatic animals of the Adirondacks, the black bear and the moose. We encounter little creatures, too, all of which lead fascinating lives while nearly unseen: tiny fish that live in exquisite mountain streams; the infuriating and almost invisible biting insects called no-see-ums; centipedes; millipedes; and earthworms. Discover an orchid that pays a steep price for its rough treatment of bumblebees; plants so desperate for nitrogen they've taken to catching animals and eating them; poison-ivy and the reasons why we might want to exchange our dislike of it for love; and a common wildflower that goes through serial sex changes. Loons, owls, falcons, eagles, and songbirds pour out effusions of apparent ecstasy here, along with much about bobcats, foxes, snowshoe hares, beavers, and flying squirrels. Snakes, frogs, salamanders, and big predatory fish make appearances also, as well as fungi that produce light in the dark, and bacteria that manipulate the atmosphere to their own advantage, even causing rain and snow to fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Nature of the Place \u003c\/i\u003eis Kanze's love letter to his home, the Adirondacks. Gathering materials from his decades-long column at the \u003ci\u003eAdirondack Explorer \u003c\/i\u003eand elsewhere, extensively revised and rewritten for this book, Kanze's singular meditations on the flora and fauna of his home resonate far beyond his own beautiful, beloved, biologically vibrant neck of the woods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdward Kanze is an author, naturalist, guide, and photographer from the Adirondack Mountains. He wrote regular columns for \u003ci\u003eAdirondack Explorer\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBird Watcher's Digest\u003c\/i\u003e, and his work has also appeared in \u003ci\u003eAdirondack Life, Audubon, The Conservationist\u003c\/i\u003e, and many others. Kanze has been called the Adirondack \"guide nonpareil\" by \u003ci\u003eForbes Life \u003c\/i\u003emagazine and was named Birder of the Year in 2017 by \u003ci\u003eBird Watcher's Digest\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53579479974195,"sku":"9781493085637","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/nature-of-the-place-on-the-flora-and-fauna-of-the-adirondacks-hardcover","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}