Nature writing is full of men heading off into the wilderness in search of something, but journalist Nathanael Johnson brings the genre into the 21st century with a refreshing, thought-provoking, and humorous father-and-daughter eco-quest.
Johnson goes on urban stroller expeditions, seeking beauty and wonder in the commonplace. The father and daughter (with mom’s blessing) become Thoreaus of the concrete, studying pigeons, snails, crows, and squirrels, and foraging for tangy sidewalk weeds.
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