Journeys Through Paradise
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.42 (729 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0813018749 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 296 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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We read it voraciously, as if in the understanding of how they loved we might also begin to do so, as if in the reliving of their lives we might recapture some vanishing part of the human psyche that must know wilderness."-- Janisse Ray, author of Ecology of a Cracker Childhood "Like the naturalists she profiles, Gail Fishman takes us on an odyssey through a time when the extraordinary diversity of the southeastern United States was first being explored and described. She is a volunteer for the St. They identified the continent’s foundations and the habits and histories of the flora and fauna of the landscape. She evaluates what they accomplished and measures their importance, also pointing out their strengths and failings. Their interests ran deeper than merely cataloging plants and animals. Marks Refuge Association.. The book is also Fishman’s personal travelogue as she experiences the landscape through their eyes and describes the changes that have occurred along the region’
profiles thirteen curious men who explored North America's southeastern wildernessand isa personal travelogue as she experienced the landscape -- Indiantown News (FL)
To the Garden of Eden The paradise of the southeast includes such cities as Charleston and natural areas as the St. Johns River, Cedar Key, and even the "Garden of Eden" in the Florida Panhandle. Fishman covers the more famous explorers such as Audubon, Muir, and Bartram but my appreciation goes to her for introducing me to some of the lesser known naturalists such as Hardy Croom who found new plants such as the Florida Yew, and the explorations of Dr. John Small and his weed wagon botanizing in the Everglades. The nations appreciation should go out to Roland Harper for researching and helping to preserve the Okefenokee Swamp.Fishman mixe
. Marks National Wildlife Refuge and helped form the St. She is a volunteer for the St. Marks Refuge Association. Gail Fishman, a freelance writer who lives in Tallahassee, has worked for the Florida Defenders of the Environment, The Nature Conservancy, and the National Audubon Society