Haskell, David George

The author observes the powerful connection trees and humans have to each other, paying particular attention to the "songs" or sounds that have emerged in nature.

Relates biologist David Haskell's observations as she returns every week for a year to the same square-meter patch of old-growth forest in Tennessee.

Reveals what can be understood about the natural world through the author's year-long observation of a one-square-meter patch of old-growth Tennessee forest, explaining the scientific ties binding all life and how the ecosystem has cycled for millions ofyears.