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Original Essays | October 18, 2009

Victoria Hislop: IMG From Leprosy to Lorca — Strange Inspiration

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My first novel, The Island, was inspired by a chance visit to a tiny island leper colony off the coast of Greece on our summer holiday. It was a... Continue »
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Build Me an Ark: A Life with Animals

by Brenda Peterson

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Raised in the High Sierras, Brenda Peterson was influenced daily by wildlife. Here, she explores her deep connection with animals--from watching grizzlies in Montana's Rockies to her work for the restoration of wild wolves in the West--and includes intimate stories of wild dolphins, whales, and orcas she has studied for 20 years. 17 photos.

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The memoir of a life among animals by a nature writer who has studied dolphins, whales, and orcas and worked for the restoration of wolves in Arizona, Yellowstone, and Alaska. Rather than mere autobiography or a scientific or political tract, her work is a kind of love story that describes the bond she's felt with animals since childhood. Peterson traces some of the cavalier and cruel ways humans have treated other species, but her purpose is not to browbeat; instead, she points the way to a rich alternative in which people interact with the natural world in a spirit of compassion and cooperation.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780393050141
Subtitle:
A Life with Animals
Author:
Peterson, Brenda
Author:
Peterson, Brenda
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Animals
Subject:
Biography
Subject:
Women
Subject:
Human-animal relationships
Subject:
Naturalists/Gardeners
Subject:
Naturalists
Subject:
Naturalists, Gardeners, Environmentalists
Subject:
Naturalists -- United States.
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Series Volume:
106-703
Publication Date:
January 2001
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
317
Dimensions:
857x579x108 90
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