Bicycling with Butterflies

Bicycling with Butterflies
My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration
Sara Dykman
Summary
Science, nature, and adventure come together in this riveting account of a
solo bike trip along the migratory path of the monarch butterfly.
Sara Dykman made history when she became the first person to bicycle alongside
monarch butterflies on their storied annual migration—a round-trip adventure that
included three countries and more than 10,000 miles. Equally remarkable, she did it
solo, on a bike cobbled together from used parts.
In Bicycling with Butterflies—praised as “poetic” (Publishers Weekly) and called “a
collective cry for climate action” (Booklist)—Dykman recounts her incredible journey.
We’re beside her as she navigates unmapped roads in foreign countries, checks
roadside milkweed for monarch eggs, and shares her passion with eager
schoolchildren, skeptical bar patrons, and unimpressed border officials. We also meet
some of the ardent monarch stewards who supported her efforts, from citizen scientists
and researchers to farmers and high-rise city dwellers.
With both humor and humility, Dykman offers a compelling story, confirming the
urgency of saving the threatened monarch migration—and the other threatened
systems of nature that affect the survival of us all.

Timber Press
9781643262185
Pub Date: 2/14/2023
$18.99
Paperback
280 Pages
8.9 in H | 6 in W | 0.9 in T | 1 lb Wt
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