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Wild Thoughts from Wild Places Paperback – March 16, 1999 by David Quammen (Auth
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- ISBN
- 9780684852089
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Scribner
ISBN-10
068485208X
ISBN-13
9780684852089
eBay Product ID (ePID)
17038448124
Product Key Features
Book Title
Wild Thoughts from Wild Places
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Natural History, General, Essays
Publication Year
1999
Genre
Nature, Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
11.3 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
97-029090
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
James Gorman The New York Times Book Review Quammen has a wide range of knowledge, an agile pen and a generous heart., Lisa SheaElleSo thrilling to read is science writer David Quammen's essay collection that you actually experience moments of believing you have been transported to some of the ferocious or fairy-tale-like locales he reports on....Quammen is no ordinary writer. He is simply astonishing, one of that rare class of writer gifted with verve, ingenuity, humor, guts, and great heart., James GormanThe New York Times Book ReviewQuammen has a wide range of knowledge, an agile pen and a generous heart., Lisa Shea Elle So thrilling to read is science writer David Quammen's essay collection that you actually experience moments of believing you have been transported to some of the ferocious or fairy-tale-like locales he reports on....Quammen is no ordinary writer. He is simply astonishing, one of that rare class of writer gifted with verve, ingenuity, humor, guts, and great heart.
Dewey Decimal
508
Table Of Content
Contents Introduction I. THE RIVER Synecdoche and the Trout Time and Tide on the Ocoee River Vortex Only Connect Grabbing the Loop II. THE CITY The White Tigers of Cincinnati To Live and Die in L.A. Reaction Wood Superdove on 46th Street Before the Fall III. THE MOUNTAINS Pinhead Secrets The Keys to Kingdom Come Karl's Sense of Snow The Trees Cry Out on Currawong Moor The Big Turn Eat of This Flesh IV. THE HEART The Swallow That Hibernates Underwater Trinket from Aru Bagpipes for Ed Point of Attachment Voice Part for a Duet Love in the Age of Relativity Strawberries Under Ice Notes and Provenance Bibliography Index
Synopsis
In Wild Thoughts from Wild Places, award-winning journalist David Quammen reminds us why he has become one of our most beloved science and nature writers. This collection of twenty-three of Quammen's most intriguing, most exciting, most memorable pieces introduces kayakers on the Futaleufu River of southern Chile, where Quammen describes how it feels to travel in fast company and flail for survival in the river's maw. Readers learn of the commerce in pearls (and black-market parrots) in the Aru Islands of eastern Indonesia. Quammen even finds wildness in smog-choked Los Angeles -- embodied in an elusive population of urban coyotes, too stubborn and too clever to surrender to the sprawl of civilization. With humor and intelligence, David Quammen's Wild Thoughts from Wild Places also reminds us that humans are just one of the many species on earth with motivations, goals, quirks, and eccentricities. Expect to be entertained and moved on this journey through the wilds of science and nature., InWild Thoughts from Wild Places,award-winning journalist David Quammen reminds us why he has become one of our most beloved science and nature writers.This collection of twenty-three of Quammen's most intriguing, most exciting, most memorable pieces takes us to meet kayakers on the Futaleufu River of southern Chile, where Quammen describes how it feels to travel in fast company and flail for survival in the river's maw. We are introduced to the commerce in pearls (and black-market parrots) in the Aru Islands of eastern Indonesia. Quammen even finds wildness in smog-choked Los Angeles -- embodied in an elusive population of urban coyotes, too stubborn and too clever to surrender to the sprawl of civilization.With humor and intelligence, David Quammen'sWild Thoughts from Wild Placesalso reminds us that humans are just one of the many species on earth with motivations, goals, quirks, and eccentricities. Expect to be entertained and moved on this journey through the wilds of science and nature., In Wild Thoughts from Wild Places, award-winning journalist David Quammen reminds us why he has become one of our most beloved science and nature writers. This collection of twenty-three of Quammen's most intriguing, most exciting, most memorable pieces takes us to meet kayakers on the Futaleufu River of southern Chile, where Quammen describes how it feels to travel in fast company and flail for survival in the river's maw. We are introduced to the commerce in pearls (and black-market parrots) in the Aru Islands of eastern Indonesia. Quammen even finds wildness in smog-choked Los Angeles -- embodied in an elusive population of urban coyotes, too stubborn and too clever to surrender to the sprawl of civilization. With humor and intelligence, David Quammen's Wild Thoughts from Wild Places also reminds us that humans are just one of the many species on earth with motivations, goals, quirks, and eccentricities. Expect to be entertained and moved on this journey through the wilds of science and nature., From tracking the spread of the Ebola virus to tracing the evolution of the street pigeon, eco-journalist David Quammen thrills and enlightens his readers with a fascinating and wide-ranging collection of essays drawn from his real life adventures and explorations.
LC Classification Number
QH81
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