Appalachian Summer

As she did in Appalachian Spring and Appalachian Autumn, Bonta offers a day-by-day account of the natural life of one place--her 648-acre property in south central Pennsylvania. In Appalachian Summer, Bonta's first grandchild spends her first summer on earth, and her growth is compared with that of the forest animals. Another important event in this Appalachian summer is the disappearance of a local girl. As the mountain is thoroughly searched, Bonta poses questions about the safety of women in the woods. Do women stay out of the woods because they fear attack by men, or wild creatures and the unknown? Should they have such fears? In her minute observations of one place, one season, Marcia Bonta lays bare the connections we retain to the natural world, which is, finally, our own.

Author: Marcia Bonta
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 05/06/1999
Pages: 232
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.49h x 5.26w x 0.49d
ISBN: 9780822956938

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/1999 pg. 845
Univ PR Books for Public Libry 01/01/2000 pg. 93 - Strongly Recommended

About the Author
Marcia Bonta is a freelance nature writer and the author of, in addition to her Appalachian seasons books, Outbound Journeys in Pennsylvania, More Outbound Journeys in Pennsylvania, Women in the Field, and Escape to the Mountain, and the editor of American Women Afield. She has written more than three hundred magazine articles for publications such as Birder's World, Bird Watcher's Digest, Living Bird, and Hawk Mountain News. Her work has appeared in several anthologies, and she is a popular lecturer on nature and nature writing.