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Bernd Heinrich


Born
in Germany
April 19, 1940

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Bernd Heinrich was born in Germany and moved to Wilton, Maine as a child. He studied at the University of Maine and UCLA and is Professor Emeritus of Biology at the University of Vermont.

He is the author of many books including Winter World, Ravens in Winter, Mind of the Raven, and Why We Run. Many of his books focus on the natural world just outside the cabin door.

Heinrich has won numerous awards for his writing and is a world class ultra-marathon runner.

He spends much of the year at a rustic cabin that he built himself in the woods near Weld, Maine.

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Average rating: 3.98 · 23,132 ratings · 2,676 reviews · 63 distinct works • Similar authors
Winter World: The Ingenuity...
4.05 avg rating — 4,450 ratings — published 2003
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Mind of the Raven
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Why We Run: A Natural History
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A Year in the Maine Woods
3.93 avg rating — 1,559 ratings — published 1994 — 9 editions
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The Trees in My Forest
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Life Everlasting: The Anima...
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Summer World: A Season of B...
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Ravens in Winter
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One Wild Bird At A Time: Po...
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The Snoring Bird: My Family...
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“The very idea of "managing" a forest in the first place is oxymoronic, because a forest is an ecosystem that is by definition self-managing.”
― Bernd Heinrich, The Trees in My Forest
tags: forestry, trees
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“Movement is the essence of life.”
― Bernd Heinrich
tags: inspirational, running
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“There is nothing quite so gentle, deep, and irrational as running--and nothing quite so savage, so wild.”
― Bernd Heinrich, Why We Run: A Natural History
tags: humor
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