The Quarry Fox
And Other Critters of the Wild Catskills

If you love the little details about wildlife one sees on walks outdoors, or looking out the back door at birdfeeders in all seasons, this book will nourish and entertain.......more

Writerly and elegant, The Quarry Fox is a well-crafted nonfiction work that explores human interactions with the natural world. Rife with engaging descriptions and intimate anecdotes, Sharpe is at her finest in the eponymous chapter, writing about the human impulse to anthropomorphize and sentimenta......more

Lovely tribute to my beloved Catskills and the beings with whom humans share the land.......more

LOVE this book! Wonderfully written, and also so informative. Nature writing has to have both awe and inspiration, as well as lots of information, true state-of-the-art science, to really intrigue and satisfy me. This book has both and more. I really learned a lot reading this and was transported al......more

That deep yearning to be subsumed, this very instant, into the Enchanted Garden such as Leslie Sharpe qua naturalist efficaciously paints by way of eloquent diction adorned with alluring, paradisiacal details...You’ll want to keep this book beyond arm’s reach if you know you can’t afford to lose tra......more