Despite being one of the most unique lakes in America - a natural body of water formed during the New Madrid earthquakes in the early nineteenth century - Reelfoot Lake is relatively understudied. Johnson's book is part personal remembrance, part guidebook, and part cautionary tale on river and wetland ecology, conservation, and land management.

From the internationally bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees An illuminating manifesto on ancient forests: how they adapt to climate change by passing their wisdom through generations, and why our future lies in protecting them.

A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week 'Magnificent' Guardian 'Remarkable ... A compact classic!' Bill McKibben 'I learned something new - and found something amazing - on every page' Anthony Doerr, author of All the Light We Cannot See