*Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker and Literary Hub!* *A 2022 NBCC Awards Nonfiction Finalist and a 2023 Phillip D. Reed Environmental Writing Awa
"A lifelong acolyte of the natural world, Annie Proulx brings her witness and research to the subject of wetlands and the vitally important role they play in pr
Wetlands are an important, and sadly diminishing, habitat in many parts of the world. They contribute significantly to the planet's biodiversity, housing thousa
Life for Dick and his family changes when Squire Winthorpe decides to drain the fens, and their close-knit community is divided as someone makes increasingly de
Coverage includes Finnish mire types and their distribution, mires of Sweden, mire ecosystems in the Soviet Union, and wetlands in Canada, their classification,