Edward Lueders Terry Tempest Williams Gary Paul Nabhan
Writing Natural History is the edited record of four public dialogues held at the University of Utah in 1988 between eminent writers in the fields of natural history. In these interchanges the writers discussed their traditions, perspectives, values, purposes, techniques, and personal insights. Their conversations, like their work, link the sciences with the humanities in surprising ways, enhancing our understanding and appreciation of both. This volume maintains the vitality of the spoken dialogues and conveys a lively sense of each speaker's concern with the processes of the...
Writing Natural History is the edited record of four public dialogues held at the University of Utah in 1988 between eminent writers in the ...
Set aboard a ship carrying troops home from India at the end of World War II, Edward Lueders autobiographical novel opens with the dramatic events that ensue when the call goes out, 'Man overboard ' As the vessel drifts, engines stopped, in search of the lost man, the story begins to delve deeper into the paradox at the center of our lives, as irreducible isolation is juxtaposed with inevitable coexistence. The ship becomes a complex metaphor for the thousands of men aboard and, by extension, for all of us who exist both as individuals and as parts of the human community. These motifs are...
Set aboard a ship carrying troops home from India at the end of World War II, Edward Lueders autobiographical novel opens with the dramatic events tha...
