The Compleat Ambler: A Hiker's Notebook about the Flora, Fauna and Fungi of a Healthy Mind and Body : Outskirts Press : 9781977224576 : 1977224571 : 02 Jul 2020 : The Compleat Ambler is a seasonal roadmap of discovery - about the history, lore, fables, and superstitions that surround us at every step. And more than that, it is a prescription to escape from the physical concrete of the cities and the mental entrapment of electronics in a renaissance of spirit outside in the wind and the rain. The intent is to inculcate an understanding of ecology, how everything fits together in interdependence. This then leads to where humans fit in, and to the necessity of balancing our needs with the physical limitations of our one and only home. If enough younger people come to appreciate the delicate balance of what evolution created for us to enjoy, they will vote to save it, for all of our sakes. Philosophically, this book is intended to be what Isaac Walton's classic Compleat Angler was to fishi