cover image Why Moths Hate Thomas Edison: And Other Urgent Inquires Into the Odd Nature of Nature

Why Moths Hate Thomas Edison: And Other Urgent Inquires Into the Odd Nature of Nature

. W. W. Norton & Company, $13.95 (217pp) ISBN 978-0-393-32150-0

Outside magazine editor Hampton Sides (Ghost Soldiers) has selected the cream of the crop from the magazine's q&a column ""The Wild File"" which debuted in 1994 to enthusiastic reader response in Why Moths Hate Thomas Edison: And Other Urgent Inquiries into the Odd Nature of Nature. The questions including ""How long does it take a skunk to reload?"" and ""What would happen if I wore my Gore-Tex jacket inside out in a rainstorm?"" may border on the bizarre, but the answers are all true. Sure to evoke great belly laughs, this book should be shared with friends. ( June)