London: Century, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book in which this "pioneering voice in modern nature writing" looks at the origins of his love of nature and landscape. In this "nature is rowdy, cosmopolitan and full of hope; and in his absorbing account of bringing a Chiltern wood back to life is a vision of a world where humans are not masters or even stewards of nature but its partner." Illustrated with drawings preceding each chapter. References, index. 186 pp. ISBN: 0-712637206.