Eating Stone: Imagination and the Loss of the Wild (Vintage) - Softcover

"Piercingly beautiful. . . . Its chapters map a vibrant, curious mind in love with the particulars of the Southwest landscape." -The New York Times Book Review"One of our finest natural-history writers. . . . Her own knowledge of the natural world is deep, her prose breathtakingly beautiful and often startling." -Annie Proulx, Globe & Mail"A major contribution to an understanding of the land. . . . Meloy's genius seems evident on every page of this thoughtful, impressionistic book."-Deseret News "One of the American West's greatest contemporary naturalists. . . . More than a mere adventure, Eating Stone concludes Meloy's love affair with the western desert and the wildlife it nourishes."-Outside MagazineBeautiful. . . . Not since Peter Matthiessen's The Snow Leopard has an author transported us so completely into the wilderness."-The Plain Dealer

A close-up portrait of a year in the life of a herd of rare desert bighorn sheep follows these enigmatic animals and their behavior, life cycles, and habitat, and offers an evocative celebration of the desolate splendor of their rugged high desert environment. Reprint.