Loren Eiseley Book order (chronological)
Loren Eiseley was a revered anthropologist, science writer, ecologist, and poet. He became known for a poetic essay style, termed the "concealed essay," through which he elucidated complex scientific ideas like human evolution for the general public. His writings exploring humanity's connection with the natural world inspired the modern environmental movement and continue to resonate with their depth and beauty.
The Immense Journey
- 224 pages
- 8 hours of reading
In an unusual blend of scientific knowledge and imaginative vision, Loren Eiseley tells the story of man. Anthropologist and naturalist, Dr. Eiseley reveals life's endless mysteries in his own experiences, departing from their immediacy into meditations on the long past, wandering—intimate with nature—along the paths and byways of time, and then returning to the present.