Praise for Out of Eden, 2005 National Book Award Finalist:
“A terrific piece of ecological reporting . . . I love its dispassionate tone and broad, ultimately sanguine perspective.” —Adrian Higgins, The Washington Post
“Graceful and inviting.” —Richard Conniff, The New York Times Book Review
“One of the most comprehensive and readable accounts of the phenomenon.” —Bill McKibben, The Boston Globe
“It’s a wonderful book. . . [Alan Burdick] writes with graceful simplicity.” —Richard Seven, The Seattle Times
“Highly readable and thought-provoking.” —Allan Watt, New Scientist
“His tour through the burgeoning discipline of invasion ecology is nuanced, judicious and often delightful; in the finest tradition of science writing.” —Andrew O’Hehir, Salon.com
“Burdick has a gift for compacting large quantities of time into a handful of trim, lovely sentences. . .This is what good books are about.” —Anthony Doerr, The Boston Globe
