Pulitzer Prize General Non Fiction Winner

Wandering Through Winter

by Edwin Way Teale

Summary

A naturalist's chronicle of a 20,000-mile journey across the United States in pursuit of winter, from the Mexican border to the snowbound forests of New England. Teale combines field observation, scientific detail, and lyrical description to reveal the hidden vitality of a season most Americans treat as dormant. The book closes a celebrated quartet of seasonal travelogues that helped define modern American nature writing.

Historical Context & Significance

The final volume in Teale's legendary four-season series. He traveled in a station wagon across the U.S. to document a season many Americans feared or ignored.