“A remarkable story.” - Portland Press Herald
“Some of Heinrich’s most lyrical writing...the future scientist as a footloose nature boy.” - New York Times Book Review
“...brilliant...there is in Heinrich’s every page, wonderment.” - San Francisco Chronicle
“...splendid nature writing...a fascinating glimpse of the growth of one scientist’s mind. Heartily recommended.” - Library Journal
“Arguably today’s finest naturalist author...our latter-day Thoreau.” - Publishers Weekly
“Heinrich’s stunning family saga...his magnum opus...vividly descriptive...he has produced his best book ever...” - Alice Calaprice, award winning editor; author of the Quotable Einstein books, The Einstein Almanac, and Dear Professor Einstein
“The Snoring Bird...show[s] readers why the work of an observant field biologist still matters.” - Los Angeles Times Book Review
“...beautifully written story of a man’s efforts to reconstruct posthumously the life of his father...” - Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs, and Steel and Collapse
“...You will not want to put it down...an engrossing and powerful narrative of human achievement...” - Samuel W.F. Wolfgang, author of German Boy and The War of Our Childhood
“...amazing saga, full of twists and turns...his magnum opus...vividly descriptive...he has produced his best book ever...” - Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature and Deep Economy
“...I couldn’t leave its pages...it has joined the small collection of my most favorite book...” - Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, anthropologist and author of the bestseller The Hidden Life of Dogs
“...extraordinary...a memoir of fun, daringness and intellectual curiosity, the heartwarming evolution of a modern biologist.” - Jean Craighead George, award-winning author of Julie of the Wolves
“...by one of the premier naturalists of our time...a splendid book, truly compelling, and bound to endure.” - Thomas Eisner
“Heinrich, who combines his keen scientific eye with the soul of a poet, enthralls.” - New York Times Book Review
“One of the finest living examples of that strange hybrid: the science writer.” - Los Angeles Times Book Review
“...scientist and naturalist of the first rank and a nature writer of uncommon talent...” - Edward O. Wilson
