Singing stone : a natural history of the Escalante Canyons /

Integrating personal narrative and natural history, Singing Stone is ideal for curious visitors to the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument as well as students of environmental studies.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fleischner, Thomas Lowe, 1954-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Salt Lake City, Utah : University of Utah Press, ©1999.
Subjects:
Natural history > Utah > Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
NATURE > Essays.
NATURE > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Ecotourism.
Natural history.
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (Utah)
Utah > Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: From the Oxbow
  • The Terrain of Delight
  • Tales of Deep Time
  • The Soul of Stone
  • Upwarping and Downcutting
  • The Work of a River
  • The Texture of Life
  • The Grace of Animals
  • The Green Gift
  • Mapping Life
  • How Snakes Kiss
  • Walking Upright
  • Chipping Stone
  • With Blade of Chert
  • Here Comes Europe
  • In the Promised Land
  • "More Beauty Than I Can Bear"
  • Home on the Range?
  • A Reluctant Path Toward Policy
  • Resisting Change
  • Meanwhile, Back at the Fence
  • Hungry for Fun
  • The Concrete Curtain
  • Forever Wild?
  • The Governor in the Gym
  • The Fun Boom
  • Epilogue: The Evening Light Can Be Touched.

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