With his fine descriptions and lucid explanations, Sargent joins the company of Lewis Thomas and Stephen jay Gould as a first rate interpreter of modern science.” ~Publisher’s Weekly
It is a gem of Natural History… the best introduction to the original environment of the New England coast.” ~Dr. E. O. Wilson, Harvard University
A joy to read.” ~The Washington Post
A Great Read! Sargent takes us on a raucous jaunt through the New England forest, to see the big picture with unclouded eyes. A true biologist he examines everything in sight and counts it relevant, connecting it with seamless prose into the rational new picture. It’s a powerful boost to the new Nature religion that references us to Life on Earth.” ~Dr Bernd Heinrich
It’s science writing that reads like a novel, with all the page-turning excitement of a thriller.” ~ William Martin
Sargent can turn an event as mundane as a rising tide into poetry. This is a book for everyone who loves the shore, especially Cape Cod.” ~The Boston Globe
If you only have time for one book about life-death dramas played to the sound of crashing waves, about new science and the old sea, about Nobel prizes, squid brains and sex orgies on Cape Cod beaches, then this book is for you.” ~Dr. A.A. Moscona, Journal of the American Medical Association