Bad Naturalist
My Ecological Education on a Wild Mountaintop
$29.75
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
13 October 2026
Summary
With humor, humility, and awe, one woman attempts to restore 200 acres of farmland long gone-to-seed in the Blue Ridge Mountains, facing her own limitations while getting to know a breathtaking corner of the natural world.
When Paula Whyman first climbs a peak in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in search of a home in the country, she has no idea how quickly her tidy backyard ecology project will become a massive endeavor. Just as quickly, she discovers how little she knows a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781643266688 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1643266683 |
| Author: | Paula Whyman |
| Publisher: | Workman Publishing |
| Imprint: | Timber Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 13 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 431g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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About The Author
Paula Whyman
Paula Whyman is the author of Bad Naturalist and a finalist for the Philip D. Reed Environmental Writing Award. Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post and The American Scholar, and in journals including McSweeney’s Quarterly, Virginia Quarterly Review, Ploughshares, and The Hudson Review.
Her earlier book, You May See a Stranger, is an award-winning linked short story collection. She has been in residence at MacDowell, Yaddo, VCCA, The Studios of Key West, and Oak Spring Garden Foundation. Her work on this book was supported in part by the Maryland State Arts Council.
She spends her time on a mountain in Virginia with her husband and a mercurial standard poodle.
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