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Author_Cindy Crosby
Cancer
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Chicago Region
Citizen Scientist
Climate Change
Damselfies
Darners
Dragonflies
Ecology
Ecosystems
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Gardening
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Jewelwings
Memoir
Migration
Nachusa Grasslands
Natural History
Pondhawks
Wetlands
Product details
- ISBN 9780810142305
- Weight: 352g
- Dimensions: 127 x 200mm
- Publication Date: 15 Jun 2020
- Publisher: Northwestern University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Chasing Dragonflies: A Natural, Cultural, and Personal History is an engaging, beautifully illustrated introduction to these remarkable insects. Drawing on her experiences as a natural history instructor, dragonfly monitor, cancer survivor, grandmother, and steward, Crosby tells the stories of dragonflies: their roles in poetry and art, their fascinating sex life - unique within the animal kingdom - and their evolution from dark-water dwellers to denizens of the air. We follow Crosby and other citizen scientists into the prairies, wetlands, and woodlands of the Midwest, where they observe the environment and chronicle dragonfly populations and migration to decipher critical clues about our changing waterways and climate.
Woven throughout are personal stories: reflections on the author's cancer diagnosis and recovery, change, loss, aging, family, joy, and discovering what it means to be at home in the natural world. Crosby draws an intimate portrait of a landscape teeming with variety and mystery, one that deserves our attention and conservation. As warm as it is informative, this book will interest gardeners, readers of literary nonfiction, and anyone intrigued by transformation, whether in nature or our personal lives.
Woven throughout are personal stories: reflections on the author's cancer diagnosis and recovery, change, loss, aging, family, joy, and discovering what it means to be at home in the natural world. Crosby draws an intimate portrait of a landscape teeming with variety and mystery, one that deserves our attention and conservation. As warm as it is informative, this book will interest gardeners, readers of literary nonfiction, and anyone intrigued by transformation, whether in nature or our personal lives.
Cindy Crosby is the author of The Tallgrass Prairie: An Introduction (Northwestern University Press, 2017). She is a natural history instructor in the Chicago region who coordinates dragonfly monitoring programs at two sites: the Morton Arboretum and Nachusa Grasslands, a Nature Conservancy site.
Peggy MacNamara is the artist in residence at Chicago's Field Museum.
Peggy MacNamara is the artist in residence at Chicago's Field Museum.
