DANDELION HUNTER: FORAGING THE URBAN WILDERNESS

Book ID/图书代码： 06814013B61066

English Summary/英文概要： In this engaging and eye-opening read, forager-journalist Becky Lerner sets out on a quest to find her inner hunter-gatherer in the city of Portland, Oregon. After a disheartening week trying to live off wild plants from the streets and parks near her home, she learns the ways of the first people who lived there and, along with a quirky cast of characters, discovers an array of useful wild plants hiding in plain sight. As she harvests them for food, medicine, and just-in-case apocalypse insurance, Lerner delves into anthropology, urban ecology and sustainability, and finds herself looking at Nature in a very different way.

Humorous, philosophical, and informative, Dandelion Hunter has something for everyone, from the curious neophyte to the seasoned forager.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 動植物記者貝基•勒納在兩大城市，美國波特蘭和俄勒岡尋找自己內心的捕手，這是一次全新的植物尋找之旅，從新的角度觀察城市和植物世界。

通過嘗試在她家附近的街道、公園裡的植物，她瞭解到第一次居住在這裡居民的生存方式，從雜草從中尋找到有用的植物，甚至培養這些植物做成有用的食物、草藥等。從中貝基深入研究了人類學、城市生態學和可持續科學，從一種不同的角度觀察自然界。（Celia）

Awards/获奖情况：“麗蓓嘉•勒納寫道‘我們腳下的泥土都是星星做的。’是啊，這本精緻美妙的書也是星星做的，為我們展望充滿自然的將來。”——《The Nature Principle and Last Child in the Woods》的作者Richard Louv

“世界末日來臨之時，你肯定希望Rebecca Lerner在你身邊，或者至少手裡能有她寫的一本書，它能讓你對波特蘭的認識提高到新的高度。”——《滾石》高級撰稿人Brian Hiatt

“麗蓓嘉•勒納證明在當今城市中尋找植物不只有可能，而且有實際效用。在這本有魅力書有不可預測的啟示效用。她真實地分享這一方面的故

“Rebecca Lerner writes that ‘the dirt on which we walk is made of stars.’ So are we. And so is this elegant book, which illuminates a path to a nature-rich future.” — Richard Louv, author of The Nature Principle and Last Child in the Woods

“If and when the apocalypse arrives, you’ll want Rebecca Lerner by your side – or, at least, her lucidly written new book, in which she and a pack of endearingly odd Portland pals demonstrate how to take locavorism to a whole new level (and provide some unexpected history, biology and mycology lessons in the process). You’ll never look at weeds the same way again.” — Brian Hiatt, senior writer, Rolling Stone

“Rebecca Lerner proves that foraging in today’s urban landscape is not only possible, but remarkably productive. In this charismatic and delightfully unpredictable book, she shares her experiences and insights in a way that touches upon the profound without being preachy.” — Samuel Thayer, author of The Forager’s Harvest and Nature’s Garden

“Wild girl herbalist Becky Lerner plunges into the green world on page one and keeps the reader dazzled with one crazy adventure after another, all the while educating us in the art of hunting the wild dandelion. Never has practical advice about wild foraging been so entertaining. Move over Euell Gibbons.” — Matthew Wood, author of The Book of Herbal Wisdom

“In 2007, after an epiphany while visiting upstate New York, Lerner cut loose from her newspaper reporter job in the urban wastelands of New Jersey to embark upon the “mysterious, powerful, and esoteric” work of herbalism and explore nature. This book relates her hunter-gatherer adventures through the streets, parks, yards, and environs of her new home in Portland, Ore., accompanied by her dog, Petunia, and a revolving cast of botanical experts and quirky friends: a wilderness survival teacher who introduces her to burdock-root and ant-egg cuisine; a “freegan” dumpster diver retrieving 50 pounds of gourmet ravioli and parmesan from a waste bin; an urban homesteader illegally but reverently butchering a roadkill deer….[the result] may be the funniest herbal adventure you’ll ever read.” -- Publishers Weekly

About the Author/作者介绍： 麗蓓嘉 勒娜因為這本書迅速成為美國最知名的城市植物尋找者。通過研究美國波特蘭和俄勒岡的野生植物，她教授、寫作並開設各種公開演講宣傳她的研究成果。她努力激發我們的想法，讓我們體會自己真正的身份。勒娜和她著名的博客（www.FirstWays.com）被各種媒體報導、訪問和引用，包括《洛杉磯時代報》《Oregonian》《環球波士頓》和《Utne Reader》

Rebecca Lerner has quickly become one of the best-known urban foragers in America. Through teaching, speaking and writing about the useful wild plants of Portland, Oregon, she seeks to “inspire and empower my fellow human beings to remember who we really are.” Lerner and her popular blog, www.FirstWays.com, have been mentioned, quoted, profiled and interviewed by a variety of media outlets, including the Los Angeles Times, The Oregonian, the Boston Globe, and the Utne Reader.

Format:HARDCOVER

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