The hopes of snakes : and other tales from the urban landscape / Lisa Couturier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Couturier, Lisa.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban animals--New York (State)--New York--Anecdotes.

Urban animals.

Urban animals--Washington Metropolitan Area--Anecdotes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (173 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boston : Beacon Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In The Hopes of Snakes , Lisa Couturier celebrates the stories of forgotten, overlooked animals who have adapted nobly to city and suburban life in the Northeast. With sharp perception and deep humanity, she has found what is so remarkable in the nature we see most often and illuminated it like no one before her. The Hopes of Snakes is an eloquent and powerful debut by one of the best new writers exploring nature in the humanized landscape. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction

Reversing the Tides

Off Being God

The City's Laughter

Snow Day

Heirloom

For All the Girls Who Couldn't Walk into the Woods

Rediscovering the Potomac

A Banishment of Crows

The Hopes of Snakes

Take the Long Way Home

In the Slipstream

One Nation under Coyote, Divisible

Talks with Vultures

Acknowledgments.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-8070-8575-8

OCLC:

182530271