Millions of people glance at the Meadowlands from their car, train,
or airplane window -- and often dismiss it as a wasteland of
traffic arteries, industry, trash dumps, and weeds. John R. Quinn,
naturalist and artist, teaches us to see New Jersey's Meadowlands
with new eyes as he explores the history and the living environment
of this unique urban wilderness.
Since childhood, Quinn has been observing the creatures and
listening to the voices of the people who live in these fields of
sun and grass, just a few miles from Manhattan. With an artist's
sensibility, he introduces us to the geologic forces that shaped
the land, to the Lenape who cherished its wealth of food, to the
European colonists who battled for independence on its fields
during the Revolutionary War, to the present-day developers and
environmentalists who struggle to balance the needs of society with
the need to preserve the ecology of this urban wilderness.
This beautifully illustrated book takes you on a journey through
New Jersey's Meadowlands where a heavily industrialized marsh
complex meets the wide vistas of the Hackensack River ecosystem.
The artist's pen and ink drawings and inviting prose introduce you
to the animals and plants that inhabit this living laboratory where
modern humankind and nature coexist. Quinn captures in this fresh
and unique overview of the Meadowlands the essence of a modern
environmental paradox. His book is for anyone who appreciates
nature and for anyone who has commuted across these wetlands just
beyond the New Jersey Turnpike.
-- Richly illustrated with 200 original line drawings by the
author.
-- Unique overview of widely recognized but little understood
urbanwilderness.
"John Quinn's recollections and dramatic drawings create a
portrait in text and line of a surprising urban wetlands. A
valuable edition to volumes on New Jersey". -- Anne Galli, Director
of Environmental Education, Hackensack Meadowlands Development
Commission
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