A Desert Bestiary
Subtitle: Folklore, Literature, and Ecological Thought from the World's Dry Places
Publisher: Johnson Books
Published: January 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 166
ISBN-13: 9781555661762
Subjects: Social Science; Literature: Folklore/Mythology; Animal Ecology; Folklore; Nature; Essays; Desert animals; Folklore & Mythology; Animals in literature
First sentence: 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.