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Tamed and Untamed: Close Encounters of the Animal Kind
Paperback
Nature WritingPets: GeneralZoology
Publisher Price: $17.95
ISBN13: 9781603587556
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Company
Published: Sep 15 2017
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
A Mail on Sunday Critic's Pick Best Read of the Year
In their writing and in their lives and in their remarkable friendship, Liz and Sy break down false barriers and carry us closer to our fellow creatures.--from the foreword by Vicki Constantine Croke, author of Elephant Company
Tamed and Untamed―a collection of essays penned by two of the world's most celebrated animal writers, Sy Montgomery and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas―explores the minds, lives, and mysteries of animals as diverse as snails, house cats, hawks, sharks, dogs, lions, and even octopuses.
Drawing on stories of animals both wild and domestic, the two authors, also best friends, created this book to put humans back into the animal world. The more we learn about what other animals think and do, they explain, the more we understand ourselves as animals, too. Writes Montgomery,
The list of attributes once thought to be unique to our species―from using tools to waging war―is not only rapidly shrinking, but starting to sound less and less impressive when we compare them with other animals' powers.
With humor, empathy, and introspection, Montgomery and Thomas look into the lives of all kinds of creatures―from man's best friend to the great white shark―and examine the ways we connect with our fellow species. Both authors have devoted their lives to sharing the animal kingdom's magic with others, and their combined wisdom is an indispensable contribution to the field of animal literature.
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