Over the Mountain and Home Again: Journeys of an Adirondack Naturalist

According to naturalist Ed Kanze, "Life in all its endless manifestations amazes and astounds me, and I find great pleasure in celebrating." Celebrate with Kanze the wild Adirondacks, where nature revels through the night; danger lurks in the wild terrain; the forest, animals, and lakes creep into your soul; and discovery generates excitement and wonder. Kanze astutely describes man's wild nature calling him to the forest, and then his civilized, social nature driving him home. Laugh out-loud as Kanze wages a hilarious war on deer mice that have invaded his home when he attempts to outsmart the persistant creatures rather than kill them. And, see how our relationship to the outdoors and its creatures has evolved in the John Burroughs Association Outstanding Published Natural History Essay, "In Search of Something Lost." Readers will discover the natural world of the Adirondacks, at once wild and gentle, teeming and hushed, restless and at peace, and along the way get to know themselves a little better.