The Klamath Knot: Explorations of Myth and Evolution, Twentieth Anniversary Edition
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"Wallace is among the very best of our nature writers, one whose work is marked by grace, feeling and a deep desire to know the natural world in all its moods."--Harry Middleton, Philadelphia Inquirer
Book Description
Winner of the John Burroughs Medal for Nature Writing, the Commonwealth Club Silver Medal for Literature 1984, and named one of the twentieth century's best nonfiction books by the San Francisco Chronicle, The Klamath Knot, originally published by Sierra Club Books in 1983, is a personal vision of wilderness in the Klamath Mountains of northwest California and southwest Oregon, seen through the lens of "evolutionary mythology." David Rains Wallace uses his explorations of the diverse ecosystems in this region to ponder the role of evolution and myth in our culture. The author's new epilogue makes a case for the creation of a new park to safeguard this exceptionally rich storehouse of relict species and evolutionary stories, which has largely been bypassed by conservationists since John Muir.
The Klamath Knot: Explorations of Myth and Evolution, Twentieth Anniversary Edition
The Klamath Knot: Explorations of Myth and Evolution, Twentieth Anniversary Edition,David Wallace,University of California Press,0520236599,Environmental Science,Environmental Studies,Evolution (Biology),General,Klamath Mountains (Calif. and,Klamath Mountains (Calif. and Or.),Natural history,Science/Mathematics,United States - State & Local - General,California,Evolution,Myths & mythology,NATURAL HISTORY, COUNTRY LIFE & PETS,Nature / General,Oregon
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