Biography of a Place explores and weaves together the social and natural history of one meadow. It digs down into the roots of place. This is a meadow with a surprising and entertaining story and a memorable cast of characters. The storyline flows across overlapping circles of connection among people and place. This is a pleasurable, novel way to understand how a social and natural landscape became what it is today.

Imagine, if you will, being at the meadow to witness unfolding before you the larger story of this landscape. Follow Indian peoples through traditional time, early...