Sunday, September 23, 2007


I read The Boilerplate Rhino: Nature in the Eye of the Beholder by David Quammen and heard him on Fresh Air talking about his new book Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind. (Listen here.) I am enjoyed Boilerplate Rhino so much. The book is a collection of essays. The essays come from Quammen's work at Outside magazine and works as a vicarious traveler journal of the field naturalist sort.

Find David Quammen at these other links:
Fresh Air: Tuesday - September 23, 2003
National Geographic Adventure: On Assignment--Grand Canyon
National Geographic Magazine @ nationalgeographic.com

David Quammen blends science and travel. He reminds me of Oliver Sacks.