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The Desert Smells Like Rain: A Naturalist in O'odham Country
Gary Paul Nabhan
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Paperback. Num Pages: 148 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 249.
Longtime residents of the Sonoran Desert, the Tohono O'odham people have spent centuries living off the land a land that most modern citizens of southern Arizona consider totally inhospitable. Ethnobotanist Gary Nabhan has lived with the Tohono O'odham, long known as the Papagos, observing the delicate balance between these people and their environment. Bringing O'odham voices to the page at every turn, he writes elegantly of how they husband scant water supplies, grow crops, and utilize wild edible foods. Woven through his account are coyote tales, O'odham children's impressions of the desert, and observations on the political problems that come ... Read more
Longtime residents of the Sonoran Desert, the Tohono O'odham people have spent centuries living off the land a land that most modern citizens of southern Arizona consider totally inhospitable. Ethnobotanist Gary Nabhan has lived with the Tohono O'odham, long known as the Papagos, observing the delicate balance between these people and their environment. Bringing O'odham voices to the page at every turn, he writes elegantly of how they husband scant water supplies, grow crops, and utilize wild edible foods. Woven through his account are coyote tales, O'odham children's impressions of the desert, and observations on the political problems that come ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
148
Place of Publication
Tucson, United States
ISBN
9780816522491
SKU
V9780816522491
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