Nature on the Doorstep: A Year of Letters CJ Leede in 1870 the forest covered

in 1870 the forest covered just thirty percent of Vermont

--The Nobel Committee for Literature

A ruthless princess and a powerful priestess come together to rewrite the fate of an empire in this fiercely and unapologetically feminist tale of endurance and revolution set against a gorgeous

making it an engaging and easy introduction to life in the forest

Nature on the Doorstep: A Year of Letters CJ Leede in 1870 the forest coveredNature on the Doorstep reveals the simple pleasures of paying attention to the natural world in one's own backyard over the course of a year. In weekly letters, Angela Douglas shares the joys and curiosities of a decidedly ordinary patch of green in upstate New York cultivated through the art of strategic neglect sometimes taking a hand to manage wildlife, more often letting nature go its own way. From the first flowers of spring to cardinals singing