Tinkering with Eden: A Natural History of Exotic Species in America
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| Rating | : | 4.58 (888 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0393323242 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 328 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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from the University of Montana. from Yale University and an M.F.A. She lives in San Francisco, California. . Winner of the PEN/Jerard Award, Kim Todd holds a B.A
"fascinating blend of human and natural history" according to Tim F. Martin. This book is a fascinating blend of American natural and human history, author Kim Todd showing that in a sense our history is almost as much one of animal immigrants as that of human immigrants. North America, already one of the richest continents in the world in terms of biodiversity, is home now to many thousands of introduced plant and animal species. Some were brought in for a taste or touch of home, missed by European settlers in the strange wilds of North America. Some, such as the honey bee, also proved of later significant commercial importance, becoming. Great read even for those not interested in natural science A Customer Kim Todd wields an endlessly entertaining story, even for those who do not have any interest in exotic species. She does what few naturalists are able to do; she makes a story about a science read like a human-interest piece, and a compelling one at that. The pages flow easily and her craftily constructed prose will have whisked you to the end of the book long before you wanted it to end.. A great read! Big Red Anyone who has an interest in the origin of exotic species in America will enjoy this book. You may very well be surprised as to what animals are not native.
-- New York Times Book Review. A fascinating narrative enhanced by Todd's far-reaching research and story-telling abilities. -- BookpageYou really can't fool Mother Nature, as Kim Todd vividly shows in her fascinating, cautionary first book
A bewitching look at nonnative species in American ecosystems, by the heir apparent to McKibben and Quammen. Mosquitoes in Hawaii, sea lampreys in the Great Lakes, mountain goats in the Olympic Mountains of Washington Statenot one of these species is native to the environment in which it now flourishes. Todd's assured voice will haunt her readers, and the stories she tellssuch as the druggist who brought starlings to America because he wanted the landscape to feature every bird mentioned by Shakespearewill forever change how we see our increasingly afflicted landscape and its unanticipated inhabitants.. Kim Todd's Tinkering with Eden is a lyrical, brilliantly written history of the introduction of exotic species into the United Sates, and how the well-meaning endeavors of scientists, explorers, and biologists have resulted in ecological catastrophe