Field Guide to the Natural World of Washington, D.c.

Within weeks of arriving in Washington, I heard from my friend Mark Klingler, who was just completing the illustrations for a book about the natural history of my new home. Mark had teamed with author Howard Youth and photographer Robert Mumford, Jr., to create a neat and portable volume about the nature that exists in my new city. Using a combination of paintings, photographs, and prose, they tell tales of the city's parks and paths and do a great job of exploring and exposing the biodiversity that permeates the city.
Located at the confluence of the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers at the head of Chesapeake Bay and just downstream from the Fall Line that marks the edge of the Appalachian Piedmont, Washington is a natural crossroads for migratory birds and a great place to experience the forests of the East Coast. The book describes the best locales to escape from sometimes frantic city life, places that provide opportunities for close encounters with nature.--From the Foreword by Kirk Johnson, Sant Director, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

About the author

Howard Youth is a freelance natural history writer and former associate editor and communications manager for the Friends of the National Zoo. His work has been published in Audubon magazine, National Wildlife, and the Washington Post.Mark A. Klingler is a natural history artist in residence at Carnegie Museum of Natural History and illustrator of Field Guide to the Natural World of New York City, also published by Johns Hopkins.Robert E. Mumford, Jr., is a wildlife photographer whose work has appeared in Birder's World, Smithsonian Zoogoer (the National Zoo's magazine), and the New York Times.

Summary

Whether seeking a secluded jog or an adventurous outing, residents and tourists alike will find this handsome guide indispensable for finding oases away from the noise of the city.

Product details

• Authors: Howard Youth
• Assisted by: Mark A Klingler (Illustration), Mark A. Klingler (Illustration), Robert E Mumford (Photographs), Robert E. Mumford (Photographs), Robert E. Mumford Jr. (Photographs), Johnson Kirk (Foreword)
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.06.2014
• EAN: 9781421412030
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-1203-0
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; NATURE / General, District of Columbia (Washington D.C.), natural history, Nature and the natural world: general interest, District Of Columbia (Washington, Dc), Wildlife;Natural History;Parks;Guidebook;DC Guidebook