Reviewer's Comments

"...clear, compelling writing style..." -- Steve Weinberg, The Seattle Times, July 9, 2006

"Ashworth is a supple stylist who injects his facts, anectdotes, and assertions in a constantly enlivening manner." -- Gilbert Taylor, ALA Booklist, January 1, 1995

"William Ashworth's text glimmers....His essays on the biology, ecology and sociological quirks of penguins in the antarctic region are graceful, marvelously informed and urgent." -- T. H. Watkins, Washington Post Bookworld, December 5, 1993

"...a blend of contemporary newswriting, scholarly research, and personal observation that cunningly injects daunting quantities of information into an inviting prose style." -- David M. Graber, Los Angeles Times Book Review, June 8, 1986

"William Ashworth is good, very good, at what he does - which is to describe environmental problems in general and those of natural waters in particular. His work is a graceful, carefully organized meld of library research, interview, and actual field time that embodies the best elements of each. I know of no current author who does better service to environmental writing. He works hard, and carefully, and it shows. He is thorough, accurate, and does not get bogged down in muddy detours. He probably makes a good many people mad as hell." -- John Madson, Amicus Journal, Fall 1986