Marty Crump is adjunct professor of biology at Utah State and Northern Arizona Universities. She is the author, most recently, of Eye of Newt and Toe of Frog, Adder's Fork and Lizard's Leg: The Lore and Mythology of Amphibians and Reptiles, also published by the University of Chicago Press. She lives in Logan, UT.
A well-written, accessible, evocative, and educational daily reader. I found myself getting into a rhythm, paying close attention to what a particular date's entry was going to teach me, where it might even take me emotionally. Crump has also managed a subtle narrative arc over the whole collection, enhanced by the wonderfully quirky illustrations. A Year with Nature is a fine, inspiring volume, one that could end up on many an end table, office desk, or daily tote bag. --Harry W. Greene, Cornell University, author of Tracks and Shadows: Field Biology as Art