One Square Mile: An Artist's Journal of America's Heartland (America in Microcosm)

On a micro level, this book intensely communicates what makes one square mile of land so special and irreplaceable. Readers follows Johnson on walks around her cabin, in the nearby woods, through a local meadow, and around the edge of a little pond to discover why and how one can fall in love with a place, how to get to know the land better, and why it should be treasured. 175 drawings.