{"product_id":"the-great-cacti-david-yetman-9780816524310","title":"The Great Cacti: Ethnobotany and Biogeography","description":"Towering over deserts, arid scrublands, and dry tropical forests, giant cacti grow throughout the Americas, from the United States to Argentina--often in rough terrain and on barren, parched soils, places inhospitable to people. But as David Yetman shows, many of these tall plants have contributed significantly to human survival. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Yetman has been fascinated by columnar cacti for most of his life and now brings years of study and reflection to a wide-ranging and handsomely illustrated book. Drawing on his close association with the Guarij os, Mayos, and Seris of Mexico--peoples for whom such cacti have been indispensable to survival--he offers surprising evidence of the importance of these plants in human cultures. \u003ci\u003eThe Great Cacti\u003c\/i\u003e reviews the more than one hundred species of columnar cacti, with detailed discussions of some 75 that have been the most beneficial to humans or are most spectacular. Focusing particularly on northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States, Yetman examines the role of each species in human society, describing how cacti have provided food, shelter, medicine, even religiously significant hallucinogens. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Taking readers to the exotic sites where these cacti are found--from sea-level deserts to frigid Andean heights--Yetman shows that the great cacti have facilitated the development of native culture in hostile environments, yielding their products with no tending necessary. Enhanced by over 300 superb color photos, \u003ci\u003e The Great Cacti\u003c\/i\u003e is both a personal and scientific overview of sahuesos, soberbios, and other towering flora that flourish where few other plants grow--and that foster human life in otherwise impossible places.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Yetman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816524319\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816524310\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 01\/31\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.38h x 8.84w x 1.02d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2008 pg. 57","brand":"David Yetman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46372319396095,"sku":"9780816524310","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6d0f56f8-2353-4359-a429-60a0c51f54eb.jpg?v=1732725621","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-great-cacti-david-yetman-9780816524310","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}