{"product_id":"the-inland-island-a-year-in-nature-paperback","title":"The Inland Island: A Year in Nature - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJosephine Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A beautiful book...about nature the way \u003ci\u003eWalden\u003c\/i\u003e was a book about nature. It should be read by everyone who still retains the capacity to feel anything\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eStunningly written and fiercely observed, a new edition of a classic work of nature writing about a year on an Ohio farm, by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Josephine Johnson.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOriginally published in 1969, \u003ci\u003eThe Inland Island\u003c\/i\u003e is Josephine W. Johnson's startling and brilliant chronicle of nature and the seasons at her rambling thirty-seven-acre farm in Ohio, which she and her husband reverted to wilderness with the help of a state forester. Over the course of twelve months, she observes the changing landscape with a naturalist's precision and a poet's evocative language. Readers will marvel at the way she brings to life flashes of beauty, the inexorable cycle of growth and decay, and the creatures who live alongside her, great and small. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA forerunner of iconic American women nature writers and a champion of civil rights who marched in Washington against the Vietnam war, Johnson intersperses these \"delicate marvels\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) with profound reflections about racial inequality, urbanization, social justice, and environmental destruction that speak powerfully to our time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReady to be rediscovered by a new generation, \u003ci\u003eThe Inland Island \u003c\/i\u003eis a vital and relevant meditation on nature and time, capturing the wonder, beauty, hope--and flaws--of our turbulent world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJosephine W. Johnson (1910-1990) was a novelist and nature writer who in 1935 became the youngest person to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her first novel, \u003ci\u003eNow in November\u003c\/i\u003e. She began her studies at Washington University and went on to write eleven books over the course of her life. When it was originally published in 1969, \u003ci\u003eThe Inland Island, \u003c\/i\u003eher lyrical examination of a year on her rambling thirty-seven-acre farm in Ohio, became a beloved and critically acclaimed bestseller.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 8.36 x 5.57 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 19, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987452723501,"sku":"9781982177492","price":19.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/eEozS210Sy93NUVoZG44cU1tb2ExUT09.webp?v=1776178792","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-inland-island-a-year-in-nature-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}