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Crow Planet: Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness |  | Author: Lyanda Lynn Haupt
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Category: Book
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 8942
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 240
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.7 x 1
ISBN: 0316019100
Dewey Decimal Number: 598.864
EAN: 9780316019101
ASIN: 0316019100
Publication Date: July 27, 2009
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Product Description
There are more crows now than ever. Their abundance is both an indicator of ecological imbalance and a generous opportunity to connect with the animal world. CROWPLANETreminds us that we do not need to head to faraway places to encounter "nature." Rather, even in the suburbs and cities where we live we are surrounded by wild life such as crows, and through observing them we can enhance our appreciation of the world's natural order. CROW PLANET richly weaves Haupt's own "crow stories" as well as scientific and scholarly research and the history and mythology of crows, culminating in a book that is sure to make readers see the world around them in a very different way.
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 A book for a lifetime November 23, 2009
B. Hosey (Seattle, WA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I ordered the book on the recommendation of a friend and am more than happy with the selection. This is the kind of book that friends will be telling their friends about for years to come. Though I finished the book months ago, I keep turning the ideas and questions it raised over and over in my head. What is nature? What does it mean in relation to my very urban surroundings? And just what *are* those crows up to anyway?
The author takes us along on an urban naturalist's journey and through it we gain insights into the web of living things in which we are all enmeshed. Grim environmentalism this is not. If you're looking for the harsh statistics and glum forecasts of doom that pervade our media, look elsewhere. If you're looking for a dry and dusty reference manual to the genus Corvus, keep browsing. If however you hunger for a celebration of nature (and crows!) and something to bring the joy back to caring about and living in our environment, then this is the portable feast you need.
A Wise and Wonderful Read November 21, 2009
J. Davis-Ward
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Lyanda Lynn Haupt uses the crow as a departure point to discuss the wilderness to be found in our urban midst. In beautiful prose she interweaves personal reflections, scientific observations and crow tales, creating a thoroughly enjoyable and thought provoking work. I plan to purchase copies of this book to give to friends as I refuse to part with my own cherished tome.
Striving for Ecological Peace November 18, 2009
N. Stillger (Seattle, WA USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
As an urban planner, a mother and a want-to-be naturalist, I thoroughly enjoyed Ms. Haupt's journey through our "urban wilderness". Her prose is beautiful, gentle and accessible and peppered with gorgeous illustrations in between chapters. Not only did I discover more of the habits of the omnipresent crows outside my study window, but Ms. Haupt also uses crows as a metaphor. I learned about a life lived authentically by someone striving to raise her daughter, be a naturalist in an urban environment, and search for ecological peace in an increasing complex world. Thank you Ms. Haupt for your wisdom!
enjoyable and thought provoking reading November 18, 2009
Philip C. Evans
I enjoyed Crow Planet thoroughly. The author has a perceptive eye, an open heart, and a writing style that is both graceful and crisp. I had the good fortune of a long ride and read the book in one sitting, with time to ponder. Crows are reputedly about as intelligent as dogs, and it was certainly interesting to learn something about the complexity of their behavior. The crow is representational, of course, and the parallels of their urban existence and ours are illuminating.
I'll likely read it again once it is returned to me--the book is making the rounds of family and friends who have found it very pleasant reading and are looking forward to more of Haupt's work.
 Needed More Crows! November 17, 2009
So many books....so little time...
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
There's no question that this author knows how to put a sentence together, but I found myself skimming and even skipping most of the book just to read a short...very short anecdote about crows and other birds she happens to mention. Most of book was devoted to the author's philosophy, and unfortunately, she came off as preachy, elitist and more than a bit self-absorbed. The book was recommended to me by a bird lover...I guess my problem is that I assumed it was about crows. From my perspective, it's better described as a woman's reflections on her life, and her reflections sometimes involve crows.
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