Joel Everett Harding, is a professional ecologist, who looks for meaning in the wildest places. From his lifelong explorations of wild landscapes across America and elsewhere, he explains why "Sometimes nothing is more important than going off into the woods and contemplating the frog chorus of a vernal pool." Written in a creative nonfiction style (reads like a novel), the author takes the reader along as he ventures into wild places where he finds adventure, humor, eureka moments and the...

Ever wonder what it's like alone at midnight in the depths of a vast marsh, or thought of stumbling into a roiling geyser field in the dark? What happens when you get swept along for miles in a flooded river without an exit—or explore a prehistoric swamp with predators left over from the Cretaceous? How can you sense an Amazon rainforest breathing. Have you watched a great ancient waterfall cease forever in less than a day? Does the Jersey Devil still inhabit the pine barrens?Let t...

Joel Everett Harding, is a professional ecologist, who looks for meaning in the wildest places. From his lifelong explorations of wild landscapes across America and elsewhere, he explains why..."Sometimes nothing is more important than going off into the woodsand contemplating the frog chorus of a vernal pool."Ever wonder what it's like alone at midnight in the depths of a vast marsh, or thought of stumbling into a roiling gey...

"Vagabond Boy" is a remarkable and moving memoir the author relates the startling boyhood he spent traveling across 1950s America with his restless parents before interstate highways were invented, bumping into reality at every turn. It abounds in adventure and nostalgia as though Tom Sawyer and Kevin Arnold of "The Wonder Years" were one boy leaving a trail of shenanigans from coast to coast.His encounters with strange landscapes, curious people, and dubious caretakers dangle less...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Ever wonder what it’s like alone at midnight in the depths of a vast marsh, or thought of stumbling into a roiling geyser field in the dark? What happens when you get swept along for miles in a flooded river without an exit—or explore a prehistoric swamp with predators left over from the Cretaceous? How can you sense an Amazon rainforest breathing? Have you watched a great ancient waterfall cease forever in less than a day? Does the Jer...