Gathering the Desert by Nabhan, Gary Paul

Gathering the Desert

Winner of the John Burroughs Association's John Burroughs Medal for natural history writing and a Southwest Book...
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Author: Gary Paul Nabhan
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Language: English
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Gathering the Desert by Nabhan, Gary Paul

Gathering the Desert

€37,98

Gathering the Desert

€37,98
Author: Gary Paul Nabhan
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Winner of the John Burroughs Association's John Burroughs Medal for natural history writing and a Southwest Book Award from the Border Regional Library Association

To the untrained eye, a desert is a wasteland that defies civilization; yet the desert has been home to native cultures for centuries and offers sustenance in its surprisingly wide range of plant life. Gary Paul Nabhan has combed the desert in search of plants forgotten by all but a handful of American Indians and Mexican Americans. In Gathering the Desert readers will discover that the bounty of the desert is much more than meets the eye--whether found in the luscious fruit of the stately organpipe cactus or in the lowly tepary bean.

Nabhan has chosen a dozen of the more than 425 edible wild species found in the Sonoran Desert to demonstrate just how bountiful the land can be. From the red-hot chiltepines of Mexico to the palms of Palm Springs, each plant exemplifies a symbolic or ecological relationship which people of this region have had with plants through history. Each chapter focuses on a particular plant and is accompanied by an original drawing by artist Paul Mirocha. Word and picture together create a total impression of plants and people as the book traces the turn of seasons in the desert.

Author: Gary Paul Nabhan
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 08/01/1986
Pages: 221
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 9.11h x 7.14w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9780816510146

About the Author
A MacArthur Fellow and recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for Conservation Biology, Gary Paul Nabhan is Director of the Center for Sustainable Environments at Northern Arizona University.


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