PositiveChapter 16Between the bookend pieces about her own experiences with other species, On Animals offers a wide-ranging look at how humans and animals interact. Her four-legged, two-winged and even finned subjects include the wild and domestic, the friend and the servant. And despite her admitted tendency to anthropomorphize, she does not romanticize ... Orlean proves with her essays that the human relationship with animals is deeply complex ... will appeal mostly to those who see themselves as animal lovers, and animals do drive the action in these delightful portraits.
Clay Risen
Positive16ChaptersInThe Crowded Hour, Risen gives more than just a rousing retelling of the well-known story of Roosevelt’s Rough Riders. He shows how the famous regiment and their more famous leader helped remake America.
