Celebrates the intrinsic worth of all plants and animals in order to motivate people in a unified effort to preserve the Earth's rich array of life forms. The preservation of the integrity of our planet's biodiversity is, the authors illustrate, critical to our own survival.
"[...] Whit and Anne Gibbons have provided compulsively readable essays, with a southern twist, based on fingertip intimacy and feel for their subject"
- Edward O. Wilson, Harvard University