About this Book

"In this new edition of Our Natural History, Daniel Botkin recreates the grand journey - taking us on an ecological adventure back to the landscape of the great American West. In retracing their steps, Botkin reveals what this western landscape actually looked like and how much it's been changed by modern civilization and technology. He shows us that from the explorers observations, we can learn much about the environment of our past, our environment today, and what our environment might be in the future. Now with a new afterword marking the 200th anniversary of the expedition, this book captures our imagination and stimulates our sentiment with lessons about our environment and our place within it. Our Natural History offers a portrait of the rugged, beautiful, disappearing wilderness of the American West."--Résumé de l'éditeur.