Eating Stone: Imagination and the Loss of the Wild Manti La Sal National Forest living in cities

living in cities

Monument Valley

expansive views and wildlife of Arches and Canyonlands

Size: 8 x 11 inches

color photos and maps

Eating Stone: Imagination and the Loss of the Wild Manti La Sal National Forest living in citiesFor four seasons, author Ellen Meloy kept company with a group of desert bighorn sheep she called the Blue Door Band; Eating Stone: Imagination and the Loss of the Wild is a record of that year, written in Meloy's characteristically graceful and good natured prose, as 'spirited and intelligent, as vivid and vibrant as the land itself is dry and spare'. It is an inspired reflection on the bond between wild creatures and the human imagination. Finalist