Yearning for the Land

“Delightful… . An immensely readable, personal, questioning, informative book.” –Journal of the John Muir Trust

“An eloquent story of deep ties to true landscapes and the ways we bless and mark them.” –Ellen Meloy, author of Anthropology of Turquoise

“John Simpson has taken the concept of place and turned it inside out and upside down and backwards. A thorough, intriguing read.” —John Hanson Mitchell, author of Walking Towards Walden and Following the Sun

“A ruminative walk across the two regions that together created a man who helped create the modern United States…. With grace and tact [Simpson] introduces us to the people who live their now—their work, their dreams, their fears, their character.” —Preservation Magazine

John Warfield Simpson is a graduate of Ohio State University, Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, and Duke University’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Since 1983 he has taught at Ohio State, where he is currently Professor of Landscape Architecture and Natural Resources. In 2001 he was Visiting Research Scholar at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland. He is the author of Visions of Paradise- Glimpses of Our Landscape’s Legacy and of many articles. He lives with his wife and children in Upper Arlington, Ohio.

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