| The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild Contributor(s): Childs, Craig (Author) |
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ISBN: 0316066478 ISBN-13: 9780316066471 Publisher: Back Bay Books OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2009 Annotation: THE ANIMAL DIALOGUES tells of Craig Childs' own chilling experiences among the grizzlies of the Arctic, sharks off the coast of British Columbia and in the turquoise waters of Central America, jaguars in the bush of northern Mexico, mountain lions, elk, Bighorn Sheep, and others. More than chilling, however, these stories are lyrical, enchanting, and reach beyond what one commonly assumes an "animal story" is or should be. THE ANIMAL DIALOGUES is a book about another world that exists alongside our own, an entire realm of languages and interactions that humans rarely get the chance to witness. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Animals - Wildlife - Nature | Essays - Nature | Ecology |
| Dewey: 590 |
| LCCN: 2009419039 |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.46" W x 8.3" (0.68 lbs) 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From one of the finest nature writers at work in America today-a lyrical, dramatic, illuminating tour of the hidden domain of wild animals. Whether recalling the experience of being chased through the Grand Canyon by a bighorn sheep, swimming with sharks off the coast of British Columbia, watching a peregrine falcon perform acrobatic stunts at 200 miles per hour, or engaging in a tense face-off with a mountain lion near a desert waterhole, Craig Childs captures the moment so vividly that he puts the reader in his boots. Each of the forty brief, compelling narratives in The Animal Dialogs focuses on the author's own encounter with a particular species and is replete with astonishing facts about the species' behavior, habitat, breeding, and lifespan. But the glory of each essay lies in Childs's ability to portray the sometimes brutal beauty of the wilderness, to capture the individual essence of wild creatures, to transport the reader beyond the human realm and deep inside the animal kingdom |