Build me an ark : a life with animals / Brenda Peterson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peterson, Brenda, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peterson, Brenda, 1950-.

Peterson, Brenda.

Naturalists--United States--Biography.

Naturalists.

United States.

Human-animal relationships.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

317 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Norton, [2001]

Summary:

This is the story of a life and spirit guided by animals. Born and raised in the High Sierras on a national forest lookout station, Brenda Peterson developed a bond with animals that was a daily, defining influence on her life. Beginning with her childhood fascination with Smokey Bear, Peterson explores her deep connection with animals -- from encounters with grizzlies in Montana's Rockies to horses in the south, Siberian huskies in New York City and Colorado, and her work for the restoration and protection of wild wolves in the Arizona desert, Yellowstone, and Alaska. Here, too, are intimate stories of wild dolphins, whales, and orcas whose lives she has studied for the past two decades.

Build Me an Ark bridges the mysterious worlds between species where science and spirituality meet through Peterson's passionate storytelling. With all its drama, disappointment, loss, and inspiration, this memoir is a love story. Each moving chapter reveals a turning point in which animal bonds have enriched Peterson's life and lead her to a wider epiphany: as a species we cannot live without other animals.

Contents:

Part 1 Animal Apprentice

1. Slipstream 17

2. The Wild 37

3. Grandmother, Grizzlies, and God 51

4. Build Me an Ark 61

5. The Real Smokey Bear 73

6. Promised Land 87

7. Domestic Happiness with Dogs 101

8. Wolves in the Desert 115

Part 2 Return The Wild

9. Cats in the Rain Shadow 137

10. An Afterlife of Animals 161

11. Wolf Summits 181

12. The Return 197

13. Wolves in Our Backyard 217

Part 3 The World as an Ark

14. Spin of the Dolphin 233

15. When Humpbacks Sing 255

16. Lone, Sociable 269

17. Silkie 293

18. Animal Mundi 303

Help to Build a New Ark for the Animals 315.

ISBN:

0393050149

OCLC:

44650943