The Thunder Tree: Lessons from an Urban Wildland

When people connect with nature, they do so in a specific place, and "The Thunder Tree" shows how that connection can change a life forever, how roots in the earth can be as important as roots in a family. For Robert Pyle, that place was the Highline Canal in Denver, Colorado. When he first discovered it as a boy in the 1950s, the canal was largely a wasteland, but it became his sanctuary, the place where he developed a passion for the natural world. Pyle argues eloquently that if we fail to preserve our opportunities to explore nature, we will diminish our lives and our culture immeasurably.

• Author
• Robert Michael Pyle

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 240

• Publisher
• The Lyons Press

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9781558217034

• Genres
• nature, science, memoir

• Release date
• 1998