Just on a dare, three college students climb a giant redwood and discover a whole ecosystem unknown to man!Booktalk written and performed by Maggie Moran.
Mississippi autobiographies mentioned:Richard Wright’s Black BoyMildred Topp’s Smile PleaseEudora Welty’s One Writer’s BeginningsAnne Moody’s Coming of Age in MississippiEdward Cohen’s The Peddler’s GrandsonKevin Sessums
Michael Pollan's main point in the book is our relationship with plants determines their survival. Through four different examples (apple, tulip, marijuana, and potato) he proves mankind is swayed by sweetness, beauty, intoxication, and control
Original booktalk by Maggie Moran on Wednesday, August 06, 2008. Appeared in Southern Reporter, Tate Co. Democrat, Tunica Times, and DeSoto Tribune newspapers.