Near Woods

A Year in an Allegheny Forest

by Kevin Patrick

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Pub Date May 01 2023 | Archive Date May 01 2023

Rowman & Littlefield | Stackpole Books

Arts & Photography | Nonfiction (Adult) | Outdoors & Nature

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Description

We experience, learn about, and enjoy nature throughout our lifetimes in woods close to home. In the spirit of Walden, author Kevin Patrick spent a year connecting with White's Woods, a 500-acre tract in an Allegheny forest adjacent to his home in Indiana, Pennsylvania. He captured in prose and photographs the four seasons of this near-woods paradise, weaving natural history with human experience to create a geography of place to stand for all similar near-woods places.

We experience, learn about, and enjoy nature throughout our lifetimes in woods close to home. In the spirit of Walden, author Kevin Patrick spent a year connecting with White's Woods, a 500-acre...