The Inland Island: A Year in Nature

This book was originally published in 1969, a startling account of Josephine W. Johnson’s chronicling of nature and the seasons on her Ohio farm — wherein she and her husband, with the help of a state forester, revert her 37-acres into a wilderness state. Over the course of a year, she observes the shifting landscape and documents the cycles of growth and decay she witnesses with a poetic prose voice. Johnson herself during this time was an advocate of protecting nature as well as being engaged in civil rights, protesting the Vietnam War — with intersectional reflections on race relations of her time, urbanization, social justice, and environmental destruction: notions that remain powerful points of contention to this day. This reprint introduces this landmark work to a new generation, fostering wonder, hope, and beauty amongst all the flaws in the change needed in this turbulent world.

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