Our Natural World Author:Hal Borland This is a book about America, the look of it and the color and sound and smell of it, the almost incredible variety of the land and the life that is native to it. It is a book written by many people, because it is a selection from the writing about America that has been done since the first literate Europeans saw its shores. Almost ninety writ... more »ers are represented and among them they present a composite picture of outdoor America over almost four centuries. Even so, this is not intended to be a definitive selection, which would be impossible within the scope of a single volume. This is too big a country and it has been too extensively written about to be crammed into one book. So Borland picked and chose what may be arbitrary selections which represent his many years of reading. "I am sure there are omissions that some readers will regret; I hope there are choices that will surprise and please...as well," says Borland.« less