University of Pittsburgh Press, 1999 eISBN: 978-0-8229-7200-6 | Paper: 978-0-8229-5693-8 Library of Congress Classification F155.B66 1999 Dewey Decimal Classification 508.748
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
In Appalachian Summer, Marcia Bonta offers a day-by-day account of summer’s budding, blossoming, and fading on her 650-acre property in south-central Pennsylvania. During this summer, the author’s first grandchild grows alongside the forest animals that populate the mountain. A local girl disappears, and while searchers comb the mountain for her, Bonta poses questions about women’s safety in the woods and why they might hesitate to hike or camp on their own. Undeterred, she continues her meandering daily walks around her forested home, making minute observations of this one place in this one season, ultimately laying bare the undeniable connections we retain to the natural world—which is, after all, our own.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Marcia Bonta is a freelance nature writer and the author of, in addition to her Appalachian seasons books, Outbound Journeys in Pennsylvania, More Outbound Journeys in Pennsylvania, Women in the Field, and Escape to the Mountain, and the editor of American Women Afield. She has written more than three hundred magazine articles for publications such as Birder’s World, Bird Watcher’s Digest, Living Bird, and Hawk Mountain News. Her work has appeared in several anthologies, and she is a popular lecturer on nature and nature writing.
REVIEWS
“Naturalist Bonta combines scientific accuracy with a lyrical sense of wonder and excitement as she describes her daily explorations around her . . . hillside home.” --Publishers Weekly
“She is nothing if not a dedicated and sharp-eyed observer. . . . a lover of natural detail, to whom minutes and hours of silent examination bring the greatest rewards.” —Outdoor Traveler
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Introduction
Prologue
June
July
August
September
Postscript
Selected Bibliography
Index
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