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The Beast in the Garden. The True Story of a Predator's Deadly Return to Suburban America.
David Baron
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Description for The Beast in the Garden. The True Story of a Predator's Deadly Return to Suburban America.
Paperback. "Reads like a crime novel .. each chapter ends on a cliff-hanging note."-Seattle Times Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 maps, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWC; PSVW7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 210 x 18. Weight in Grams: 248.
When residents of Boulder, Colorado, suddenly began to see mountain lions in their backyards, it became clear that the cats had returned after decades of bounty hunting had driven them far from human settlement. In a riveting environmental tale that has received huge national attention, journalist David Baron traces the history of the mountain lion and chronicles one town's tragic effort to coexist with its new neighbors. As thought-provoking as it is harrowing, The Beast in the Garden is a tale of nature corrupted, the clash between civilization and wildness, and the artificiality of the modern American landscape. It is, ... Read more
When residents of Boulder, Colorado, suddenly began to see mountain lions in their backyards, it became clear that the cats had returned after decades of bounty hunting had driven them far from human settlement. In a riveting environmental tale that has received huge national attention, journalist David Baron traces the history of the mountain lion and chronicles one town's tragic effort to coexist with its new neighbors. As thought-provoking as it is harrowing, The Beast in the Garden is a tale of nature corrupted, the clash between civilization and wildness, and the artificiality of the modern American landscape. It is, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393326345
SKU
V9780393326345
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About David Baron
David Baron, an award-winning journalist and author of The Beast in the Garden, is a former science correspondent for NPR and former science editor for the public radio program The World. An incurable umbraphile whose passion for chasing eclipses began in 1998, he lives in Boulder, Colorado.
Reviews for The Beast in the Garden. The True Story of a Predator's Deadly Return to Suburban America.
"Written with the dramatic flourish of a thriller, Baron's fascinating book is a cautionary tale of what happens when we destroy animal habitats..."John Stewart, The Ecologist