Sonoran Desert Bestiary: A More-than-Natural History
About this ebook
This desert bestiary includes creatures whose existence lies largely in traditional story and belief, as well as creatures whose life cycles are so cryptic they seem mythic, such as the walking catfish and the carbunco. Positioned at the dynamic intersection of folklore and natural history, the book reflects on the reasons why human imaginations over the ages have reached into this realm of seldom seen but often intuited animals. Focusing on small animals and charismatic mini-fauna, Nabhan expands our understanding of the natural world by delightfully describing the interactions between animals and plants.
This more-than-natural history is for anyone who finds joy in the marvels of the natural world.
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About the author
Gary Paul Nabhan is a desert ecologist and international leader in the study of plant-animal interactions. He has spent 50 years recording cultural storytellers on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. For twenty years, he has lived in both Patagonia, Arizona and Desemboque del Sur Sonora, Mexico. Nabhan is the author of more than thirty books, including The Desert Smells Like Rain.
Robert J. Long is an associate teaching professor of visual communication at Northern Arizona University. His visual art, made under the pen name NearsightGraphite, has been published through Frontiers in Microbiology, Manifest Press, the Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry, and Edible Baja Arizona magazine, among others. His award-winning work has been shown in juried gallery exhibitions in the United States and abroad since 2008.
