{"product_id":"appalachian-spring-9780822954422","title":"Appalachian Spring","description":"Marcia Bonta is a naturalist-writer who has lived for decades on a five-hundred-acre mountaintop farm in Central Pennsylvania. In \u003ci\u003eAppalachian Spring\u003c\/i\u003e, the intricacies of the season unravel day by day in journal entries that combine Bonta's own meticulous observations with the research reported by botanists, entomologists, and other natural scientists. Every aspect of the natural world catches her eye, from the life cycle of a tent caterpillar to the sex life of jack-in-the pulpit. She hopes, by recounting such wonders, to convert others to what she calls the \"third stage\" in humanity's relationship with nature, that of empathy with all of nature for its own sake: \"To know the earth better, to grasp a little of its workings, to look on it with awe and wonder as well as with respect, is to want to save it from destruction.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarcia Bonta \u003c\/b\u003eis a freelance nature writer and the author of, in addition to her Appalachian seasons books, \u003ci\u003eOutbound Journeys in Pennsylvania\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMore Outbound Journeys in Pennsylvania\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWomen in the Field\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEscape to the Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e, and the editor of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Women Afield\u003c\/i\u003e. She has written more than three hundred magazine articles for publications such as \u003ci\u003eBirder's World\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBird Watcher's Digest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLiving Bird\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHawk Mountain News\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has appeared in several anthologies, and she is a popular lecturer on nature and nature writing.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Pittsburgh Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50387053084946,"sku":"9780822954422","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cf706955-1d9d-4630-b762-b0534aadbebe.jpg?v=1728868389","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/appalachian-spring-9780822954422","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}