Mountains of the Heart: A Natural History of the Appalachians - Scott Weidensaul

Scott Weidensaul is an author and naturalist who has written more than two dozen books on natural history, including Pulitzer Prize finalist Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere with Migratory Birds , The Ghost with Trembling Wings , Of a Feather: A Brief History of American Birding , and The First Frontier: The Forgotten History of Struggle, Savagery and Endurance in Early America . He lectures widely on wildlife and environmental topics, and is an active field researcher, specializing in birds of prey and hummingbirds. He lives in Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania.