{"product_id":"counting-sheep-gary-paul-nabhan-9780816513987","title":"Counting Sheep: Twenty Ways of Seeing Desert Bighorn","description":"\u003cb\u003eImagine sending a number of nature writers\u003c\/b\u003e out into the same unrelenting stretch of Sonoran Desert. Then consider telling them to focus their attention on just one animal--Ovis canadensis, popularly called the desert bighorn or borrego cimarr n--and have them write about it. Have them write from makeshift blinds or from behind a gun barrel. Have them write while walking across the Cabeza Prieta at night, or while flying over it trying to radio-collar the creatures. Have them write from actual sightings of the animals or simply from their tracks and droppings. What would result from such an exercise is \u003ci\u003eCounting Sheep, \u003c\/i\u003e an unusual anthology that demonstrates the range of possibilities in nature writing. While ostensibly a collection of writings about these desert sheep that live along the U.S.-Mexico border, it also represents an attempt to broaden the scope of the natural history essay. Writers trained in a wide range of disciplines spanning the natural and social sciences here offer a similarly diverse collection of writings, with women's, Hispanic, and Native American views complementing those in a genre long dominated by Anglo men. The four sections of the anthology comprise pre-Anglo-American tradition, examples of early nature writing, varied responses by modern writers to actually counting sheep, and a selection of essays that place bighorns in the context of the larger world. \u003ci\u003eCounting Sheep\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates the diversity of cultural responses to this single animal species in its Sonoran Desert habitat and invites readers to change the way in which they view their relationship to wild creatures everywhere. It also shows how nature writers can delight us all by the varied ways in which they practice their craft. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Contributors: \u003cbr\u003eCharles Bowden\u003cbr\u003eDavid E. Brown\u003cbr\u003eBill Broyles\u003cbr\u003eJulian Hayden\u003cbr\u003eWilliam T. Hornaday\u003cbr\u003ePaul Krausman\u003cbr\u003eDanny Lopez\u003cbr\u003eEric Mellink\u003cbr\u003eMauricio Mixco\u003cbr\u003eGale Monson\u003cbr\u003eGary Paul Nabhan\u003cbr\u003eDoug Peacock\u003cbr\u003eKermit Roosevelt\u003cbr\u003eHarley G. Shaw\u003cbr\u003eCharles Sheldon\u003cbr\u003ePeter Steinhart\u003cbr\u003eAnita Alvarez de Williams\u003cbr\u003eTerry Tempest Williams\u003cbr\u003eAnn Zwinger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gary Paul Nabhan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816513988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816513987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arizona Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.16h x 6.16w x 0.83d","brand":"Gary Paul Nabhan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44076810305791,"sku":"9780816513987","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_996ad4a1-9ce5-4c30-bc41-e324b427a717.jpg?v=1685466920","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/counting-sheep-gary-paul-nabhan-9780816513987","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}