A desert bestiary : folklore, literature, and ecological thought from the world's dry places

Folklore, Literature, and Ecological Thought from the World's Dry PlacesFollowing the model of the medieval Latin bestiaries, Gregory McNamee has written a book at once naturalistic, folkloristic, and literary, made up of short essays on forty-three animals of the world’s deserts. These essays discuss the creatures as they are and as they are imagined, and bring their natural lives and histories vividly to the page. Thus the poet of Proverbs, who, like all desert people, turned to the ant for metaphorical example, finding in its industry the underpinnings of an ethic and a way of life. Gregory Mcnamee ; Illustrations By Marjorie C. Leggitt. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 157-162) And Index.