{"product_id":"in-your-nature-9781683151425","title":"In Your Nature","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn Your Nature\u003c\/em\u003e-a reflective, nature-focused memoir in the tradition of Aldo Leopold, E.O. Wilson, and Annie Dillard\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou're five years old, barefoot in the shade of a white cedar, staring into a cornfield that might as well be the Amazon. You're holding a worm in one hand and a question in the other. You step forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat's how it begins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not just a memoir. It's a field guide to a life lived in close conversation with the natural world. A trout stream in Iowa. A frozen lake in Ontario. A duck blind in Iowa. A classroom filled with students who think lichens are just moss with a PR problem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColbert, a biologist by trade and a storyteller by compulsion, doesn't just recount his life-he catalogs it like a naturalist with a butterfly net and a notebook full of wonder. He traps muskrats as a teenager, teaches his grandchildren to fish, and leads a flotilla of students down a river to remove a bathtub. He names things. He remembers things. He makes you care about things you didn't know existed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou'll laugh. You'll learn. You'll want to go outside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBound in softcover, but best read with dirt under your fingernails and a thermos of coffee nearby.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWarning: May cause spontaneous identification of fungi, birdsong, and your own place in the ecosystem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hog Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781683151425\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.37d","brand":"James T. Colbert","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52239207170229,"sku":"9781683151425","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_7fa50ff3-44a7-4a9f-a89d-ac255c217be1.jpg?v=1770917250","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/in-your-nature-9781683151425","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}