{"product_id":"9780226779942","title":"Hunting for Frogs on Elston, and Other Tales from Field \u0026 Street","description":"A selection of savvy observations on urban ecology from one of the Midwest's foremost authorities on the subject, \u003ci\u003eHunting for Frogs on Elston\u003c\/i\u003e collects the best of naturalist Jerry Sullivan's weekly \u003ci\u003eField \u0026amp; Street\u003c\/i\u003e columns, originally published in the \u003ci\u003eChicago Reader\u003c\/i\u003e. Engaging, opinionated, inspiring, and occasionally irreverent, \u003ci\u003eHunting for Frogs on Elston\u003c\/i\u003e pays tribute to Chicago's natural history while celebrating one of its greatest champions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Published in association with the Chicago Wilderness coalition, \u003ci\u003eHunting for Frogs on Elston\u003c\/i\u003e comprehensively chronicles Chicagoland's unique urban ecology, from its indigenous prairie and oft-delayed seasons to its urban coyotes and passenger pigeons. In witty, informed prose, Sullivan evokes his adventures netting dog-faced butterflies, hunting rattlesnakes, and watching fireflies mate. Inspired by regional flora and fauna, Sullivan ventures throughout the metropolis and its environs in search of sludge worms, gyrfalcons, and wild onions. In reporting his findings to otherwise oblivious urbanites, Sullivan endeavors to make \"alienated, atomized, postmodern people feel at home, connected to something beyond ourselves.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In the sprawling Chicagoland region, where an urban ecosystem teeming with remarkable life evolves between skyscrapers and train tracks, no writer chronicled the delicate balance of nature and industry more vividly than Jerry Sullivan. An homage to the urban ecology Sullivan loved so dearly, \u003ci\u003eHunting for Frogs on Elston\u003c\/i\u003e is his fitting legacy as well as a lasting gift to the urban naturalist in us all.","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120069656816,"sku":"9780226779942","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780226779942_p0.jpg?v=1763675302","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780226779942","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}