Gathering Moss

Name: Gathering Moss
Rating: 4.5 (56 reviews)
Author: Robin Wall Kimmerer
ISBN: 9780141997636

by Robin Wall Kimmerer

4.5

(56 ratings)

180 pages2003Penguin Books, LimitedISBN 9780141997636

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About this book

"In this series of linked personal essays, Robin Wall Kimmerer leads general readers and scientists alike to an understanding of how mosses live and how their lives are intertwined with the lives of countless other beings. Kimmerer clearly and artfully explains the biology of mosses, while at the same time reflecting on what these fascinating organisms have to teach us."--BOOK JACKET.

Publication Details

Publisher: Penguin Books, Limited
Published: 2003
Pages: 180
ISBN: 9780141997636
Language: en

About Robin Wall Kimmerer

Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer (also credited as Robin W. Kimmerer) (born 1953) is Associate Professor of Environmental and Forest Biology at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF). She is the author of numerous scientific articles and books, including her most famous book, Braiding Sweetgrass. She is Potawatomi and combines her heritage with her scientific and environmental passions.