Wild City: A Brief History of New York City in 40 Animals

by Thomas Hynes, Kath Nash (Illustrator)

Overview

An illustrated guide to 40 of the most well-known, surprising, notorious, mythical, and sublime non-human citizens of New York City, and love letter to its surprising ecological diversity. 

From refugee parrots and prodigal beavers to gorgeous Fifth Avenue hawks and vengeful groundhogs, Wild City tells the funny, quirky, and memorable stories of forty of New York City’s most surprising nonhuman citizens. This unconventional wildlife guide and concise environ­mental history of the Big Apple includes tales of the well-known, notorious, and legendary creatures who are as much New Yorkers as their human counterparts.

A celebration of some of the city’s most surpris­ing residents and a love letter to this always evolv­ing metropolis, Wild City is an enchanting illustrated volume that is a must-have for every Big Apple devotee and animal lover.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062938565
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	01/17/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
File size:	116 MB
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About the Author

Thomas Hynes is a writer who lives in Brooklyn Heights with his wife, Veronica, and their dog, Ladybug. His work has been featured in Sierra Club, The Awl, the Travel Channel’s Mysteries at the Museum, Gothamist, Business Insider, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, PRWeek, and Untapped New York.

Editorial Reviews

Daniel Henning’s audio performance of this concept book is warm, lively, and trying its loyal best to entertain. The book is prone to the cheap laugh (bathroom humor is a favorite), and it isn’t exactly about 40 real or wild animals; myths and urban legends pad out the number. Listeners serious about the natural world may be disappointed or irritated, but young readers and others new to the subject will be charmed by interesting factoids about wolves, bears, mastodons, and coyotes. The book’s most useful contribution is as a guide to nature excursions available in the five boroughs—did you know you can go out beyond the Verrazano Bridge in search of humpbacked whales with some realistic hope of success? Hynes tells where and how. B.G. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine

AUGUST 2020 - AudioFile

Daniel Henning’s audio performance of this concept book is warm, lively, and trying its loyal best to entertain. The book is prone to the cheap laugh (bathroom humor is a favorite), and it isn’t exactly about 40 real or wild animals; myths and urban legends pad out the number. Listeners serious about the natural world may be disappointed or irritated, but young readers and others new to the subject will be charmed by interesting factoids about wolves, bears, mastodons, and coyotes. The book’s most useful contribution is as a guide to nature excursions available in the five boroughs—did you know you can go out beyond the Verrazano Bridge in search of humpbacked whales with some realistic hope of success? Hynes tells where and how. B.G. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine

AUGUST 2020 - AudioFile