"Set in the North Shore suburbs of Chicago, amid traffic, pollution, and ever-increasing neighborhoods of houses and apartments, these meditative personal essays explore the importance of our connection with the natural world, history, and memory. The Suburban Wild follows the seasons from one spring to the next, celebrating the natural miracles we frequently overlook and revealing a territory less tamed than we might imagine. Peter Friederici portrays pockets of wildness found on the shore of Lake Michigan, in the Chicago forest preserves, and even within the boundaries of suburban backyards.". "Though awareness of the destruction of the landscape and its creatures is never far from the wonders presented here, The Suburban Wild connects the tracks of wildlife and the traces of our changing landscape with our own path through the world. Friederici offers us wildness in an unexpected setting full of tenacious landscapes and creatures made all the more exquisite by their survival near the clutter and din of the city."--BOOK JACKET.