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A Desert Bestiary: Folklore, Literature, and Ecological Thought from the World's Dry Places Paperback - 1997

by Gregory McNamee

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Following the model of the medieval Latin bestiaries, Gregory McNamee has written a book at once naturalistic, folkloristic, and literary, made up of short essays on forty-three animals of the world's desert

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Thus the poet of Proverbs, who, like all desert people, turned to the ant for metaphorical example, finding in its industry the underpinnings of an ethic and a way of life.

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  • Title A Desert Bestiary: Folklore, Literature, and Ecological Thought from the World's Dry Places
  • Author Gregory McNamee
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 192
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Bower House, Boulder
  • Publication date January 1997
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781555661762 / 1555661769
  • Weight 0.54 lbs (0.24 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.31 x 5.58 x 0.57 in (21.11 x 14.17 x 1.45 cm)
  • Category Nature
  • Library of Congress subjects Desert animals, Animals in literature
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 96032856
  • Dewey Decimal Code 591.909

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