" First published in 2004, and now with a new preface by the author, this book of natural history, environmentalism, and politics explores one of the earth's last primeval places: Clayoquot Sound. Close to a million visitors come to this unesco Biosphere Reserve along Vancouver Island's west coast, drawn by its unspoiled natural beauty. Robert Kennedy, Jr. writes in the foreword: ""I am grateful for this book because it reminds me of what I loved best about being involved in the fight for Clayoquot Sound . It was a place that engaged all your senses."" As Barry Lopez did with the north in Arctic Dreams, David Pitt-Brooke, called ""a Thoreau for Clayoquot"" by the Globe and Mail , takes the reader on twelve journeys, one for each month of the year. Each journey covers the outstanding natural event of that season: whale watching in April, shorebird migration in May, the salmon spawn in October. ".