Klamath Knot : Explorations of Myth and Evolution / David R Wallace; ed. by David Rains Wallace, Sandra J. Taylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wallace, David R, Author.

Contributor:

Taylor, Sandra J., Editor.

Wallace, David Rains, Editor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (174 p.) : 1 map

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2005]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Winner of the John Burroughs Medal for Nature Writing, the Commonwealth Club Silver Medal for Literature 1984, and named one of the twentieth century's best nonfiction books by the San Francisco Chronicle, The Klamath Knot, originally published by Sierra Club Books in 1983, is a personal vision of wilderness in the Klamath Mountains of northwest California and southwest Oregon, seen through the lens of "evolutionary mythology." David Rains Wallace uses his explorations of the diverse ecosystems in this region to ponder the role of evolution and myth in our culture. The author's new epilogue makes a case for the creation of a new park to safeguard this exceptionally rich storehouse of relict species and evolutionary stories, which has largely been bypassed by conservationists since John Muir.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FIVE

CHAPTER SIX

CHAPTER SEVEN

CHAPTER EIGHT

CHAPTER NINE

EPILOGUE. THE UNEXPECTED AND UNKNOWN

GLOSSARY OF GEOLOGICAL TIME

GLOSSARY OF SCIENTIFIC NAMES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 09. Dez 2023)

ISBN:

0-520-35271-8

OCLC:

1414456969