Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America

Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America

Winner of the 2023 Rachel Carson Environment Book Award
Shortlisted for the 2023 Phi Beta Kappa Society Ralph Waldo Emerson Award
A Kirkus Review Best Nonfiction Book of 2022

A deep-time history of anima…

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