{"id":2144,"date":"2012-10-01T00:01:36","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T07:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/book\/book-review-59\/"},"modified":"2023-08-17T15:59:42","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T22:59:42","slug":"wild-in-the-city","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/book\/wild-in-the-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild in the City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img_left\" src=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/graphix\/WildCity.jpg\" alt=\"book\" align=\"left\" \/><em>Wild in the City<\/em> is an invaluable guide for an exploration of the parks and trails in the Portland metropolitan area, but it&#8217;s quite readable even if you&#8217;re stuck somewhere else. Scattered amongst the trail maps and descriptions of various sites and walks are essays about wildlife, history&#8211;both natural and human&#8211;and the complexities of disturbed ecosystems, with a good dose of philosophy on the value of having nature in an urban setting. Over one hundred writers and illustrators have contributed to this fine work.<\/p>\n<p>Excerpted from the Fall 2012 <em>Arboretum Bulletin.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wild in the City is an invaluable guide for an exploration of the parks and trails in the Portland metropolitan area, but it&#8217;s quite readable even if you&#8217;re stuck somewhere else. Scattered amongst the trail maps and descriptions of various sites and walks are essays about wildlife, history&#8211;both natural and human&#8211;and the complexities of disturbed ecosystems, with a good dose of philosophy on the value of having nature in an urban setting. Over one hundred writers and illustrators have contributed&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/book\/wild-in-the-city\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wild in the City<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","keyword":[22],"class_list":["post-2144","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry","keyword-reviews"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book\/2144"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/book"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=2144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}