Chris
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Can anyone recommend a similar author or a like-minded book regarding human relationship with nature? I love how Blakeslee takes into account all viewpoints and refrains from giving the reader a sense that there is an 'agenda' behind the book. He legitimizes the concerns and reasons of both hunters and farmers, and their impact on the land, without derogatory. I find this difficult to find in nature's literature.
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Nancy Mills
I found "The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival" by John Vaillant to be very revealing, although chilling. Set in Siberia. A tiger takes revenge. True story.
Doug
Desert Solitaire: A season in the wild by Edward Abbey
Ellie
The Humane Economy by Wayne Pacelle chronicles how innovation is changing how we treat animals across the spectrum, from food and agriculture to entertainment and house pets. Highly recommend.
Jared White
Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel by Carl Safina has a bit similar feel. Also, in its discussion about wolves, it features some of the same wolves and people as in this book. For the other animals it discusses it is similar to this book (a mixture of stories and research).
Sue Hedin
Coyote America by Dan Flores. Excellent.
Cheryl
Consider the terrific Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About Animals.
Amy
Heart of a Lion by William Stolzenburg and No Beast So Fierce by Dane Huckelbridge are both excellent.
Riley
Grizzly heart by Charlie Russel is a good book about a bear behaviour expert living amongst grizzly bears in Kamchatka, Russia. An enjoyable story about the bears living around the cabin the author built.
Sherm S
John McPhee’s writing of the natural landscape and the relationship with human civilization comes to mind when you describe authors that write without steering the reader toward any particular position or bias. If interested, The John McPhee Reader is a good starting point
Eric Wade
The Wild Places, Robert McFarlane
the Only Kayak, Kim Heacox
the Only Kayak, Kim Heacox
Crystal
I enjoyed Beyond Ecophobia by David Sobel
Rob Hoff
Stones of Silence, Mountain in the Clouds
Damien Roberts
If it serves me right I think "Lab Girl" was biased, but never got too controversial. Its more memoir than nature literature, but its a really beautiful book.
Mary
I also read The Tiger by John Vaillant and found it fascinating. I looked up the documentary by Sacha Snow that the author mentions several times, about the same story and found in on YouTube. It's grim, but is an interesting followup to the book. I would recommend the book!
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