Voices of the Land

Jamie Crelly Purinton; Photographs by Charles Lindsay, Foreword by Michael Pollan

"Had I read something like Voices of the Land before I went at my land with chain saw and bulldozer, I’m sure I would have come at the project in a completely different spirit—in a spirit, that is, of respect for the people and plants and animals who really made this place I now am said to own."

—Michael Pollan, from the Foreword

A visual and written tribute, Voices of the Land brings together a diverse community who speaks out for greater stewardship of our landscape. The authors, whether ecologist, farmer, chef, mushroom gatherer, architect, or writer, share of their own unique relationships to the land. Together with evocative photographs that detail the intricacies of nature, Voices of the Land encourages homeowners to be responsive to the existing character and ecology of the land as it becomes a home.

All royalties will go to land conservation and preservation efforts.

About the Author

Jamie Crelly Purinton coauthored Landscape Narratives: Design Practices for Telling Stories. She lives in the Hudson Valley where she practices landscape architecture.

Charles Lindsay is a photographer of numerous books, including Menawai Shaman: Keeper of the Rain Forest; Turtle Islands: Balinese Ritual and the Green Turtle, and, most recently, Upstream: Fly Fishing in the American West. He lives in the Hudson Valley. Visit his web site at www.charleslindsay.com/.

Michael Pollan is the author of Second Nature: A Gardener’s Education; A Place of My Own: The Education of an Amateur Builder, and, most recently, The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World. He is currently writing a book about the food chain and teaching journalism at Berkeley. He lives on an old dairy farm in Cornwall Bridge, Connecticut.