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From the Indiana landscape of her youth to her Colorado mountain retreat, from Arizona's Aravaipa Canyon to New Zealand's Kapiti Island, Ann Zwinger leads an ever-widening armchair tour of natural places both ordinary and astonishing. Sprinkled with Zwinger's own charming pen-and-ink drawings, THE NEARSIGHTED NATURALIST reminds us of the power of the very best nature writing.

Most people would not think of it as a desert, but the Grand Canyon of the Colorado is most assuredly that. With its towering walls barely lapped by the river, the canyon at its floor is a desert place unto itself. Ann Zwinger, a master of exposing the heart of the wild world, plumbs the very soul of this majestic place, exploring the deserts along the Colorado's banks in order to examine things that often go unnoticed against a backdrop of ov...

John Xántus was a bit of a charlatan, of that there is little doubt. He lied about his exploits, joined the US Army under an assumed name, and managed to alienate most of the people he met. Yet he became one of the Smithsonian Institution's most successful collectors of natural history specimens. Ann Zwinger has assembled Xántus's unpublished letters into a book that documents his trials and triumphs in the field and reveals much about his dub...

Lively, readable nature writing. As she details several treks through the beautiful, rocky canyons, [Zwinger's] feel for the animals and plants native to this arid region enhances the precise sketches which punctuate the text. Readers interested in ancient Indian cultures of the Southwest will also find fascinating reading, as Zwinger describes their campsites and lifestyles." Library Journal

Seeking out wildflowers and whitewater, Ann Zwinger has called many places home. "The Nearsighted Naturalist" brings together work from more than two decades in her career as one of our most distinguished natural history writers. From the Indiana landscape of her youth to New Zealand's Kapiti Island, Zwinger leads an ever-widening armchair tour of places both ordinary and astonishing. Illustrations.

This captivating book is for armchair travelers who may never see the grandiose Colorado River in the Grand Canyon and for those who have run it wisely and well. Like the author, readers will find themselves bewitched by the color and flow of the river, and enticed by what's around the next bend.