An edition of Eating Stone (2005)

Eating Stone

Imagination and the Loss of the Wild

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An edition of Eating Stone (2005)

Eating Stone

Imagination and the Loss of the Wild

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An inspired reflection on the bond between wild creatures and the human imagination, told as a chronicle of four seasons with a band of rare desert bighorn sheep.Among the steep cliffs of Utah's canyonlands a band of rare desert bighorn sheep simply vanished. Although the word "extinct" was bandied about, their passing seemed to fit the downward spiral of native wildlife in the Southwest that began in the early twentieth century. Remote, isolated, and elusive, this band slipped through the cracks. The bighorns were gone. Then they came back.We have allowed ourselves few places and scant ways to witness other species in their own world, Ellen Meloy writes, an estrangement that has left us lonely and spiritually hungry. Now, with generous empathy and wry humor, the award-winning author of The Anthropology of Turquoise describes the mystery of the bighorns' self-rescue. In the role of an "amiable, nosy neighbor," Meloy matches her seasonal geography to theirs, observing cycles of breeding and birth, predators and death, the exquisite match of animal to place, of blood and bone to a magnificent redrock canyon.On backcountry hikes, downriver floats, and travels to Mexico, the Great Basin, and the Chihuahuan Desert, Meloy roams the rugged habitat of these intriguing and precarious natives. Throughout, we revel with her in the air, light, and dazzling colors of the high desert. Most of all, we come to understand why she finds that watching wild animals intensely is very much LIKE prayer.From the Hardcover edition.

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Publisher
Vintage
Language
English
Pages
352

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Cover of: Eating Stone
Eating Stone
2009, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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Cover of: Eating Stone
Eating Stone: Imagination and the Loss of the Wild
October 17, 2006, Vintage
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Cover of: Eating Stone
Eating Stone: Imagination and the Loss of the Wild
September 13, 2005, Pantheon
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Library of Congress
QL737.U53M44 2006

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
352
Dimensions
7.8 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches
Weight
7.2 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL8362698M
ISBN 10
140003177X
ISBN 13
9781400031771
OCLC/WorldCat
74149812
Library Thing
739901
Goodreads
17675

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