Leila Philip

From award-winning writer Leila Philip, Beaverland is a masterful work of narrative science writing, highlighting, through history and contemporary storytelling, how this peculiar rodent plays an oversized role in American history and its future. Philip follows fur trappers who lead her through waist-high water, fur traders and fur auctioneers, as well as wildlife managers, PETA activists, Native American environmental vigilantes,...

The New York Times Editors' Choice NPR Science Friday Book Club Selection An intimate and revelatory dive into the world of the beaver—the wonderfully weird rodent that has surprisingly shaped American history and may save its ecological future. From award-winning writer Leila Philip, Beaverland is a masterful work of narrative science writing. This book highlights, through history and contemporary storytelling,...