Brett Barry spoke clearly and paused at the right time to indicate section breaks. Amazingly, he pronounced the place names correctly, and as far as I know, the scientific names too. It was easy to imagine it was John Muir reading his journal out loud.
Audible.com reviewer
I wish I could have listened to it all at once as I really had to tear myself away from it to get anything else done.
Audible.com reviewer
As with any audio book, the narration is very important. This is one of those books that will captivate you with not only the content, but with the narration.
Audible.com reviewer
Just heard [a] sample… makes me want to hear more and I wrote the damn thing!
Bruce HendersonAuthor
Listening to this audiobook took me to a different world from my day to day life in Shanghai. The author’s passion and enthusiasm for the natural world comes through in his detailed descriptions of his surrounds and the reader puts in a solid performance.
Audible.com reviewer
Brett Barry’s crisp, well-paced reading free of theatrics allows the author’s words to resonate. Listeners will get the sense of walking alongside Thoreau as he leads them—half authoritative teacher, half marveling student—on a tour of the evocative landscape.
Library Journal
Brett brings both artistic talent and knowledgeable producing skills to all of his voice over recording work. He is extremely reliable and the work is always of the highest quality. I would use him again without hesitation.
Marilyn NessNecessary Films
Barry shines as the voice of Beston, a naturalist. Barry’s narration captures the poetry of Beston’s lyrical passages, in which he expresses views on wildlife and conservation that are decades ahead of their time.
AudioFile
Narrator Brett Barry is outstanding; he skillfully captures the language of an earlier America as his poetic delivery matches the beautiful descriptions.
Library Journal
Even when word combinations are clumsy, Brett Barry makes everything sound smooth and understandable. He handles the authors’ attempts at humor with grace and sounds perfectly in tune with the program’s intentions.
AudioFile
