Fen, Bog, And Swamp

 I read (listened to) another non-fiction book. This one is by Annie Prouix. She wrote Fen, Bog And Swamp; A Short History Of Peatland Destruction And It's Role In The Climate Crisis. I liked her book The Shipping News and I saw the movie based on her book, Brokeback Mountain. This time she writes about the history of bogs, fens and swamps as well as marine estuaries and mangroves. Bogs, fens and swamps can be difficult to travel through which is why some are drained or farmed. She writes that human bodies left in a fen will dissolve but the bones remain. Human bodies left in a bog will preserve the soft tissue but the bones will be dissolved by the sphagnum moss. She is a very entertaining writer while she blends nature, chemistry, history, ecology and economics.