Readers’ Comments on
Wild & Wonderful
Nature Up Close in The Botanical Garden 'El Charco del Ingenio', San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
"I really loved the book and learned (and am still learning) so much from it ... The Charco has given those of us who live in San Miguel so much pleasure and your book enhances our enjoyment."
~ Jennifer Haas, San Miguel de Allende
“Superb in every respect. When one is not marveling at the gorgeous photographs the informative, easy flowing and witty text keeps one turning the page for more."
~ Peter Neumeier (Neumeier Capital Advisors), San Miguel de Allende
"The writing is so very graceful. We feel as if we must go and see all that Meagher describes."
~ Jim Clark (Director Emeritus, University of California Press, Berkeley, California), Princeton, New Jersey
"You can all be so proud ... You have provided a lasting contribution to San Miguel and El Charco."
~ Richard Cretcher (former Director of Education for the Ohio Institute of Photography & Technology, Dayton, Ohio), San Miguel de Allende
"What a lovely contribution! Your book will bring joy to many, as it has to me. Very much in the tradition of Gilbert White, it really is remarkable!"
~ Peter Raven (Director, Missouri Botanical Garden, and Fellow of the National Science Foundation)
"Absolutely dazzling, the writing, the content, the photographs … Lucky, lucky San Miguel de Allende. Congratulations!"
~ Ippy Patterson (award-winning science illustrator), Hillsborough, North Carolina
"Wild & Wonderful is such a good piece of natural history ... The text and photos are full of attractive and unexpected surprises."
~ Peter Bernhardt (Professor of Biology at St. Louis University, MO.)
"I read Wild & Wonderful straight away and didn't want to put it down. Congratulations! I loved it!"
~ Joan Todd, Oxfordshire, England
"I did enjoy the book very much ... A great introduction to the state and its biodiversity."
~ Dr. John Mickel (New York Botanical Garden)
"Truly wonderful. The photography is spectacular. A visual delight, as well as fun to read. Already I read Beaks & Bills and will use it with my bird class."
~ Kathleen Perillo (Clark College, Washington)
“The book … is simply magnificent! I love it. It is a fine piece of scholarship and the photos are stunning. This is a work to be very proud of.”
~ Bill Doolittle (Erich W. Zimmerman Regents Professor in Geography, University of Texas, Austin)
“I am reading the chapters and enjoying them. It is both knowledge sharing and gives the love and respect you have for this place.”
~ Mike Judd, Brevard, North Carolina
“Wayne Colony's stunning photographs are complimented by Walter Meagher's text, which is both witty and playful as well as fascinating and informative. His writing is direct but not simplistic ~ his enthusiasm for his subject shines through the text and so too does his love for the country in which he and his family have made their home. This is definitely one book you will want on your bookshelf.”
~ Lynne Slattery (Magistrate, on the Lord Chancellor's List), San Miguel de Allende
“Wild & Wonderful truly lives up to its title. The photographs are superb; the text, written in a style both pleasing and easy to follow for expert and layman alike, opens one's eyes to the natural wonders of El Charco.”
~ David Tarrant (University of British Columbia Botanical Garden, Vancouver, Canada), San Miguel de Allende