Download or read book Soldiers Delight Journal written by Jack Wennerstrom and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 2010-11-23 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this journal, the author describes his year-long walking adventures at the Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area, a rare prairie remnant just seven miles northwest of Baltimore, Maryland. In his quest to make this wild place his "natural home" throughout the course of four distinct seasons, Wennerstrom examines and contemplates rocks and minerals, plants, animals, prairies, floodplains, woodlands, lakes, ponds, pastures, mines and mills, Indian artifacts, as well as local legends and folklore.