The Klamath Knot: Explorations of Myth and Evolution

The Klamath Knot is a classic work of natural history, a wondrous meditation through time and space, and an intimate portrait of a miraculous stretch of land, forest, and mountain as botanically rich as any place in North America, as ecologically vital and important as any place on the planet.-Wade Davis, author of One River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain ForestIn Wallace's hands, evolution is never mechanical or abstract; it is always seen operating in particular sites and species. As a stylist and a thinker Wallace is in a select class of writers who make science into literature.-Ernest Callenbach, author of EcotopiaFor those of us who like David Rains Wallace's writing, it is good news indeed that his much-admired The Klamath Knot is back in print.-Sue Hubbell, author of Waiting for Aphrodite: Journeys into the Time Before BonesA classic of natural history which will take its place alongside Walden and A Sand County Almanac.-G. Ledyard Stebbins, author of Variation and Evolution in Plants The Klamath Knot is a marvelous book, one of the finest nature essays I have read, beautifully written, full of stimulating ideas and insights.-George B. Schaller, author of The Last Panda