Ecology of a Cracker Childhood

The World as Home

De: Janisse Ray

Narrado por: Janisse Ray

Janisse Ray grew up in a junkyard along US Highway 1, hidden from Florida-bound vacationers by the hedge at the edge of the road and by hulks of old cars and stacks of blown-out tires. Ecology of a Cracker Childhood tells how a childhood spent in rural isolation and steeped in religious fundamentalism grew into a passion to save the almost vanished longleaf pine ecosystem that once covered the South. In language at once colloquial, elegiac, and informative, Ray redeems two Souths.

©1999 Janisse Ray (P)2015 ListenUp Production, LLC

Amazing

I think this book is best read by listening to Janisse Ray speaking from her heart. Best book narration I have heard thus far.

Janisse's ewords are powerful when read aloud.

Excellent recording of an excellent history. I thank Janisse for speaking for trees and animals.

Slash pine ecology lesson meets adorable memoir

If you grew up in Florida, Georgia or Alabama in the 70s around scrubland, marsh and pines you will appreciate this book. Ever sit in a broke down car as a little kid with your friends or siblings and play road trip? what about playing church; pretending to preach to the masses and baptize each other in a rain barrel or with buckets. Going for family drives for something to do on the weekend,, your whole family singing loud with the windows rolled down?
This book was an enjoyable light read full of insight into nature and its links to humanitypast and present.

If you love Longleaf, read this

Such a wonderful book. If you want to learn about the longleaf pine forest this will get the job done, and you also get lovely and honest stories of the author’s childhood. A must read for the Southern naturalist.

Review of Ecology of a Cracker Childhood

I loved Ray’s beautiful, powerful, and captivating observations about nature, her hometown, her childhood relationships, and growing up. Ray’s spell bnarration in her gentle south Georgia drawl