Salleyland

“Several recent studies have shown that spending time in nature is good for one’s overall health, and I always found that I felt better after reading a few pages of Salleyland, because the author made me feel like I was walking in the woods alongside him.”
—Eli Greenbaum, author of Emerald Labyrinth: A Scientist’s Adventures in the Jungles of the Congo
 
“I felt like I was there with the author as he explored Salleyland. As I read it, it took me back to my childhood and youth spent exploring and hunting in Pennsylvania, wishing I had taken notes and recorded my experiences. Salleyland opens the reader’s eyes to the natural world and is great for young people as well as adults.”
—Ronnie Brenneman, coauthor of Guide to the American Wild Turkey, Part 1: Status—Numbers, Distribution, Seasons, Harvests and Regulations
 
“Whit Gibbons is a renowned ecologist and talented storyteller, and his fascinating tales entertain and educate. In Salleyland, he weaves together personal wildlife adventures, sound natural history information, and accounts from other biologists. The reader is regaled with anecdotes and, more importantly, inspired to be an enthusiastic student of the natural world!”
—Tony Mills, writer and host of the Coastal Kingdom TV series

 

“The author is not only a world-class ecologist but also a world-class storyteller as he proves yet again in this, his latest of many books. As I read Salleyland I kept drawing comparisons to Aldo Leopold’s A Sand County Almanac, and his musings on ecology recall the writing style of that volume’s famed author. If you do not know what to do when you retire, this book is for you. You too might just buy 35 acres of worthless swampland and find purpose in discovering all of the natural treasures it holds.”
—Quarterly Review of Biology

“Salleyland is a delightful, informative, and downright inspirational book about enjoying retirement the natural way. What better way to pass your golden years than poking around for frogs and fireflies, and introducing them to the next generation? If everybody followed Gibbons’s lead, it would do more for conservation than a thousand Sierra Clubs.”
—Sean P. Graham, author of Kennesaw: Natural History of a Southern Mountain

"Salleyland. . . is an invitation to revel in the wonders of the natural world, a testament to the joy that can be found around every corner when one takes the time to explore and appreciate it truly. Whit Gibbons beckons readers to embark on a journey of discovery and forge a deeper connection with the wonders surrounding us."
—Lisa Lord, The Longleaf Alliance