{"product_id":"natural-history-of-empty-lots-field-notes-from-urban-edgelands-back-alleys-and-other-wild-places","title":"Natural History of Empty Lots: Field Notes from Urban Edgelands, Back Alleys, and Other Wild Places","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA genre-bending blend of naturalism, memoir, and social manifesto for rewilding the city, the self, and society.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Brown lives far from any conventional battlefield, but he is surrounded by the wreckage of a different war, and he, too, finds hope in cultivating the ruins of nature...\u003ci\u003eA Natural History of Empty Lots \u003c\/i\u003eis less a departure from the nature writing tradition than a welcome addition to its edgelands.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Natural History of Empty Lots\u003c\/i\u003e is a genre-defying work of nature writing, literary nonfiction, and memoir that explores what happens when nature and the city intersect. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e During the real estate crash of the late 2000s, Christopher Brown purchased an empty lot in an industrial section of Austin, Texas. The property--abandoned and full of litter and debris--was an unlikely site for a home. Brown had become fascinated with these empty lots around Austin, so-called \"ruined\" spaces once used for agriculture and industry awaiting their redevelopment. He discovered them to be teeming with natural activity, and embarked on a twenty-year project to live in and document such spaces. There, in our most damaged landscapes, he witnessed the remarkable resilience of wild nature, and how we can heal ourselves by healing the Earth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Beautifully written and philosophically hard-hitting, \u003ci\u003eA Natural History of Empty Lots\u003c\/i\u003e offers a new lens on human disruption and nature, offering a sense of hope among the edgelands. ","brand":"Christopher Brown","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46299659141356,"sku":"9781643263366","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46299659174124,"sku":"9781643265223","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781643263366.jpg?v=1743066827","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/natural-history-of-empty-lots-field-notes-from-urban-edgelands-back-alleys-and-other-wild-places","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}