The Forest Unseen
 First edition | |
| Author | David G. Haskell |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Ecology |
| Publisher | Viking Books |
Publication date | 2012 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) and e-book |
| Pages | 288 |
| ISBN | 978-0-14-312294-4 |
The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature is a 2012 book written by David G. Haskell.
Summary
The book is divided in 43 short chapters ordered by date and roughly covering a whole year. In each of them the author, which visits almost every day a single square meter randomly chosen of an old-growth forest of Cumberland Plateau (Tennessee), describes what happens to plants, animals and insects living there. These observations give him the opportunity to write not only about the small-scale forest ecology but also on worldwide natural processes. He often calls his small observation field mandala,[1] inspired by the paintings of sand created by Tibetan as a support for meditation.[2]
Awards
- Winner of the 2012 National Outdoor Book Award for Natural History Literature[3]
- Winner of the 2013 Reed Environmental Writing Award.[4]
- Winner of the 2013 National Academies Communication Award for Best Book.[5]
- Finalist for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction.[6]
- Winner of the 2016 Dapeng Nature Book Award (China).[7]
Translations
As far as late 2017 The Forest Unseen has been translated into ten languages.[8]
References
- ^ Gorman, James (2012-10-23). "Finding Zen in a Patch of Nature". New York Times. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
- ^ Grissom, Ruth Ann. "The forest unseen". The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
- ^ "Winners of the 2012 National Outdoor Book Awards". The National Outdoor Books Awards Foundation. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
- ^ "Reed Environmental Writing Award". Southern Environmental Law Center. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
- ^ "Academies Announce 2013 Communication Award Winners". The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. September 5, 2013.
- ^ "2013 Pulitzer Prizes". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
- ^ "David Haskell receives China's first Nature Writing Award". Sewanee Today. Sewanee: The University of the South. 2016-12-13.
- ^ "American Forests presents Forest Footnotes with David Haskell". American Forests. Retrieved 2018-01-18.