"This Book is a solid four star-plus. Books like 'Heartbeats in the Much' will forever provide a means of inspiration (and enjoyment)." -- Rob Pirani -The Nature of Cities "Heartbeats in the Muck gives the reader a sense of lost New York, of the incredibly rich and biologically diverse ecosystem that once was the lower Hudson River estuary. A great book on an very important subject." -- -Ted Steinberg Case Western Reserve University "Nowadays it seems as if every hipster is celebrating the revival of New York's once tortured waterfront. But it was John Waldman, a kind of cardiologist of the depths, who first plumbed the bottom of the harbor with his formidable intellectual stethoscope and pronounced the patient not quite dead. Full of humor and a picaresque joy in the almost absurd persistence of Gotham's underwater ecosystems, 'Heartbeats' should be read by every urbanite who dreams of a better relationship with nature." -- -Paul Greenberg author of Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food "Hurricane Sandy reminded New Yorkers that the waterways surrounding them can be a dire threat as well as a great asset. This is a good time to explore their history. John Waldman, a biology professor at Queens College, offers a brief and elegantly written tour in "Heartbeats in the Muck: The History, Sea Life and Environment of New York Harbor." -The New York Times
