{"product_id":"beaverland-how-one-weird-rodent-made-america","title":"Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Leila Philip, 2024. Paperback, 352 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e BESTSELLER, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e EDITOR'S CHOICE, AND SCIENCE FRIDAY BOOK PICK \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn intimate and revelatory dive into the world of the beaver—the wonderfully weird rodent that has surprisingly shaped American history and may save its ecological future. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom award-winning writer Leila Philip, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBeaverland\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eis a masterful work of narrative science writing, a book that highlights, though history and contemporary storytelling, how this weird rodent plays an oversized role in American history and its future. She follows fur trappers who lead her through waist high water, fur traders and fur auctioneers, as well as wildlife managers, PETA activists, Native American environmental vigilantes, scientists, engineers, and the colorful group of activists known as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ebeaver believers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBeginning with the early trans-Atlantic trade in North America, Leila Philip traces the beaver’s profound influence on our nation’s early economy and feverish western expansion, its first corporations and multi-millionaires. In her pursuit of this weird and wonderful animal, she introduces us to people whose lives are devoted to the beaver, including a Harvard scientist from the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana, who uses drones to create 3-dimensional images of beaver dams; and an environmental restoration consultant in the Chesapeake whose nickname is the “beaver whisperer”.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWhat emerges is a poignant personal narrative, a startling portrait of the secretive world of the contemporary fur trade, and an engrossing ecological and historical investigation of these heroic animals who, once trapped to the point of extinction, have returned to the landscape as one of the greatest conservation stories of the 20th century. Beautifully written and impeccably researched, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBeaverland\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ereveals the profound ways in which one odd creature and the trade surrounding it has shaped history, culture, and our environment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The ForestWatch Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56134525223052,"sku":null,"price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/5275\/3292\/files\/Beaver-Land_FrontSquare.png?v=1788509519","url":"https:\/\/store.forestwatch.org\/products\/beaverland-how-one-weird-rodent-made-america","provider":"The ForestWatch Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}