Darwin Slept Here

Eric Simons is a graduate of the science writing program at UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. He has written for newspapers and magazines including the LA Times. He lives in San Francisco.

'Eric Simons has given us a bracingly fresh portrait of the young Darwin, the man long ago lost behind the great white beard. Here is Darwin as only another young naturalist could find him, and to see the world through those avid eyes, groping for the theory that would explain all he has so brilliantly observed, is nothing less than exhilarating.' Michael Pollen, author of The Botany of Desire and The Omnivore's Dilemma 'Vivid and exotic, Eric Simons' tale invites comparisons to Chatwin as he leads readers among guanacos and ostriches, assassin bugs and armadillos, through rough seas, swift currents and ascending jungles. This is a book full of zest and discovery with the deeper mission of appreciating one of humankind's great breakthroughs in the understanding of our past.' Lou Ureneck, author of Backcast