The Animal Dialogues The Animal Dialogues

The Animal Dialogues

Uncommon Encounters in the Wild

    • 4.7 • 23 Ratings
    • $10.99

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

GENRE
Science & Nature
RELEASED
2007
December 12
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
336
Pages
PUBLISHER
Little, Brown and Company
SELLER
Hachette Digital, Inc.
SIZE
2.5
MB

Customer Reviews

wrong way Ed ,

Amazing!

I didn’t realize that I’m living in the same time as our generations John Muir. Inspiring me to do more wilderness camping, where, as the author says
“Days lose their names.”

Chapternverse ,

The Animal Dialogues

Beautifully written. A glimpse into the wild heart still beating around us, in pockets of the Southwestern desert and Pacific Northwest to name a couple of geographic areas featured in this lovely book. Craig Childs is very knowledgeable about the animals he has observed in his wanderings and this book is filled with fascinating information.

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