EYES IN THE SOLES OF MY FEET

From Horseshoe Crabs to Sycamores, Exploring Hidden Connections to the Natural World

9781639640720

240 pages

Schaffner Press Inc

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Overview

When is a weed not a weed? When is a bug not a pest? Science writer Caroline Sutton reveals the secrets of the natural world in this "astonishing" collection of essays.

With this fascinating and eye-opening collection of essays, science writer Caroline Sutton provides an intriguing and unique perspective on our natural world, and reveals secret and intimate connections between plant and animal life that we often overlook or malign, be it the industrious mole tunnelling in our backyards to the ancient horseshoe crab scuttling on our shores. Certain to appeal to readers of science and ecology, as well as those curious to look deeper into the seen and unseen intricacies of nature.

Author Bio

Natural history writer Caroline Sutton has been writing and contributing essays over the years to a variety of notable nature journals and literary publications, among them, Kenyon Review, Gulf Coast, Terrain, North American Review, Cimarron Review, and Ascent. In 2012 Sutton received Southern Humanities Review’s Theodore Christian Hoepfner Award for her essay, “Eclipsed,” and her work has been cited frequently among notable essays in Best American Essays. A former book editor and high school creative non-fiction writing teacher, Caroline was also the author of the bestselling book in the 1980's HOW DID THEY DO THAT? Wonders of the Modern World Explained (William Morrow) that sold over a million copies. She currently makes her home in East Hampton, New York.