A Freak of Nature [Paperback]

B. H. Bose (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 15, 2001

With its zany drawings and intriguing quotes, A Freak Of Nature offers a unique and funny perspective of everyday life on this planet. Be it a housing development, a freeway, a clear-cut forest or a simple hiking trail, humans are having a negative impact on the natural ecosystem. This environmental cartoon book brings our “not-so-environmentally friendly” idiosyncrasies to light in such a way people are bound to not only stop and laugh, but stop and think. Through single-panel cartoons, the publication depicts everyday foibles and quirks of mankind, and the potential harmful effects on the environment around them. The drawings are complemented by quotes from well-known people (past and present) regarding humor, nature, and life in general. While the overlying theme is nature, not everything is a cartoon or quote with an environmental message. Some simply go straight for the funny bone. After all, as Abraham Lincoln once said: “...If I did not laugh I should die.”

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About the Author

B.H. Bose received a masterÂ’s degree in environmental journalism from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Before attending graduate school and pursuing a career in journalism, he worked for the U.S. Forest Service as a field researcher. Through his undergraduate studies at U.C. Berkeley and through his work for the government, he learned topics such as forest ecology, wildlife management, and entomology, which he uses in his work. Mr. Bose currently spends his time drawing and freelance writing. He lives in Austin, Texas.

Product Details

• Paperback: 104 pages
• Publisher: A Freak Of Nature Publishing Company (June 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0971181004
• ISBN-13: 978-0971181007
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,991,579 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Freak of Nature, August 14, 2001

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Fish On! (Santa Cruz, CA 95070) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Freak of Nature (Paperback)

A delightfully ambitious viewpoint of a "world outside the box". Esp poignant in today's fast paced world depicting human emotions and desires impacting a disturbing & once quiet and seemingly impregnable slow evolution of Nature. Often quirky and sarcastically relentless, taking non-stop jabs at our own's societal demise with respect to nature and our limited natural resources. Animals are the main characters, but the flaws are all human in nature. Many provokingly dark snapshots from a sensitive & well meant, but highly comical perspective. Sort of a Far Side meets Non-Sequitor. Morality vs Humanity vs Evolution?! A smart book for a "not so smart society" intent on driving our human race thru the rat race of Darwinism.

5.0 out of 5 stars This one is a keeper, August 17, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: A Freak of Nature (Paperback)

Funny and provocative. If you like comics, you'll like this. Many of the cartoons focus on our relationship with nature, but it's the critters who often take center stage. Whether depicting environmental degradation or group therapy for Peeping Toms, Bose's work is laced with wit and sarcasm. I've read it several times through and keep coming back to it.