The desert smells like rain : a naturalist in O'odham country.
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| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2022. |
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| Online Access: | Click here for full text at Project MUSE |
| Summary: | Published more than forty years ago, The Desert Smells Like Rain remains a classic work about nature, how to respect it, and what transplants can learn from the longtime residents of the Sonoran Desert, the Tohono O'odham people.<br> <br> In this work, Gary Paul Nabhan brings O'odham voices to the page at every turn. He writes elegantly of how they husband scant water supplies, grow crops, and utilize edible wild foods. Woven through his account are coyote tales, O'odham children's impressions of the desert, and observations of the political problems that come with living on both sides of an international border. Nabhan conveys the everyday life and extraordinary perseverance of these desert people.<br> <br> This edition includes a new preface written by the author, in which he reflects on his gratitude for the O'odham people who shared their knowledge with him. He writes about his own heritage and connections to the desert, climate change, and the border. He shares his awe and gratitude for O'odham writers and storytellers who have been generous enough to share stories with those of us from other cultural traditions so that we may also respect and appreciate the smell of the desert after a rain. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published 1982; first University of Arizona Press paperbound edition 2002; fortieth anniversary edition 2022. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed May 6, 2023). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 148 pages) : illuatrations, map |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780816548613 0816548617 |
| Author Notes: | (Bowker Author Biography) |