Is a River Alive? by Robert MacFarlane Small Business From the award-winning author of

From the award-winning author of Song for a Whale comes a poignant and heartwarming tale about a girl who discovers a pair of endangered birds about to lay eggs in the marshes of her summer camp

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two Western Writers of America Spur Awards

Bess Streeter Aldrich conveys the strength of everyday things

With her signature humor and a delightfully sincere approach

Is a River Alive? by Robert MacFarlane Small Business From the award-winning author ofHailed in the New York Times as "a naturalist who can unfurl a sentence with the breathless ease of a master angler," Robert Macfarlane brings his glittering style to a profound work of travel writing, reportage, and natural history. Is a River Alive? is a joyful, mind expanding exploration of an ancient, urgent idea: that rivers are living beings who should be recognized as such in imagination and law. Macfarlane takes readers on three unforgettable