With startling insights, Werner explores how our Pleistocene instincts inform our everyday decisions and behaviors in this modern day Walden.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
MAXIMILIAN WERNER is the author of Crooked Creek, Gravity Hill and Black River Dreams, a collection of literary fly fishing essays that won the 2008 Utah Arts Council's Original Writing Competition for Nonfiction. Mr. Werner's poems, fiction, creative nonfiction, and essays have appeared in numerous journals and magazines, including Matter Journal: Edward Abbey Edition, Bright Lights Film Journal, The North American Review, ISLE, Weber Studies, Fly Rod and Reel, and Columbia. He lives in Salt Lake City with his wife and two children and teaches writing at the University of Utah.
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List of Illustrations ix Preface xi Acknowledgments 20 Introduction 21 Part I: Arachnophilia 28 Part II: A Field Guide to Habitat Theory i. The Pine Grove Saga 62 ii. Home Advantage 76 iii. Assume the Position 81 iv. Singing in the Morning, Singing in the Evening. . . 85 v. Leave Your Flowers by the Door 95 vi. Caves: Affordable Housing 100 vii. The Way I Take 105 iix. A Case of Nerves 115 ix. Song of the Cave Trance 123 x. The Good Neighborhood 134 xi. Yards, Death, and the Healing Sleep 153 Part III: Implications of an Ecochildhood i. I Killed; Therefore I Am 160 ii. Death's Rich Pageant 160 ii. Morality, Grief, and Waste 180 iv. Fort Building 189 v. Imaginary Friends 201 vi. The Dog Days of Summer 207 vii. A Brief History of Aggression 210 iix. Fight Club 216 ix. Blood Letting and the Damnedest Things 227 x. Hunters and Drivers 244 xi. Denouement 249
List of Illustrations ix Preface xi Acknowledgments 20 Introduction 21 Part I: Arachnophilia 28 Part II: A Field Guide to Habitat Theory i. The Pine Grove Saga 62 ii. Home Advantage 76 iii. Assume the Position 81 iv. Singing in the Morning, Singing in the Evening. . . 85 v. Leave Your Flowers by the Door 95 vi. Caves: Affordable Housing 100 vii. The Way I Take 105 iix. A Case of Nerves 115 ix. Song of the Cave Trance 123 x. The Good Neighborhood 134 xi. Yards, Death, and the Healing Sleep 153 Part III: Implications of an Ecochildhood i. I Killed; Therefore I Am 160 ii. Death's Rich Pageant 160 ii. Morality, Grief, and Waste 180 iv. Fort Building 189 v. Imaginary Friends 201 vi. The Dog Days of Summer 207 vii. A Brief History of Aggression 210 iix. Fight Club 216 ix. Blood Letting and the Damnedest Things 227 x. Hunters and Drivers 244 xi. Denouement 249
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