330)īighorn sheep - Southwestern States. In the role of an "amiable, nosy neighbor," Meloy matches her seasonal geography to theirs, observing cycles of breeding and birth, predators and death, the exquisite match of animal to place, of blood and bone to a magnificent redrock canyon."-BOOK JACKET. Then they came back." "The Anthropology of Turquoise describes the mystery of the bighorns' self-rescue. Remote, isolated, and elusive, this band slipped through the cracks. Although the word "extinct" was bandied about, their passing seemed to fit the downward spiral of native wildlife in the Southwest that began in the early twentieth century. Among the steep cliffs of Utah's canyonlands a band of rare desert bighorn sheep simply vanished. "A reflection on the bond between wild creatures and the human imagination, told as a chronicle of four seasons with a band of rare desert bighorn sheep. More than a mere adventure, Eating Stone concludes Meloys love affair with the. Broken link? let us search Trove, the Wayback Machine, or Google for you. Naturalist Ellen Meloy tracks a band of these majestic creatures through.
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