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Counting Sheep: Twenty Ways of Seeing Desert Bighorn (The Southwest Center)
Gary Paul Nabhan
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Description for Counting Sheep: Twenty Ways of Seeing Desert Bighorn (The Southwest Center)
Paperback. 261pp. Keywords: "General, Mammals, Reference" This unusual anthology demonstrates the range of possibilities in nature writing with contributions from Charles Bowden, Julian Hayden, Danny Lopez, Charles Sheldon, Ann Zwinger, and others". Essential reading for naturalists and conservationists. Highly recommended".--Library Journal. Num Pages: 261 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 1KBBW; 1KLCM; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503
Imagine sending a number of nature writers out into the same unrelenting stretch of Sonoran Desert. Then consider telling them to focus their attention on just one animal vis canadensis, popularly called the desert bighorn or borrego cimarron—and have them write about it. Have them write from makeshift blinds or from behind a gun barrel. Have them write while walking across the Cabeza Prieta at night, or while flying over it trying to radio-collar the creatures. Have them write from actual sightings of the animals or simply from their tracks and droppings. What would result from such an exercise is ... Read more
Imagine sending a number of nature writers out into the same unrelenting stretch of Sonoran Desert. Then consider telling them to focus their attention on just one animal vis canadensis, popularly called the desert bighorn or borrego cimarron—and have them write about it. Have them write from makeshift blinds or from behind a gun barrel. Have them write while walking across the Cabeza Prieta at night, or while flying over it trying to radio-collar the creatures. Have them write from actual sightings of the animals or simply from their tracks and droppings. What would result from such an exercise is ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
University of Arizona Press Arizona
Number of pages
261
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Number of Pages
261
Place of Publication
Tucson, United States
ISBN
9780816513987
SKU
KHS0065936
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