{"product_id":"the-klamath-knot-explorations-of-myth-and-evolution-paperback","title":"The Klamath Knot: Explorations of Myth and Evolution - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Rains Wallace\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the John Burroughs Medal for Nature Writing, the Commonwealth Club Silver Medal for Literature 1984, and named one of the twentieth century's best nonfiction books by the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle, The Klamath Knot, \u003c\/i\u003e originally published by Sierra Club Books in 1983, is a personal vision of wilderness in the Klamath Mountains of northwest California and southwest Oregon, seen through the lens of \"evolutionary mythology.\" David Rains Wallace uses his explorations of the diverse ecosystems in this region to ponder the role of evolution and myth in our culture. The author's new epilogue makes a case for the creation of a new park to safeguard this exceptionally rich storehouse of relict species and evolutionary stories, which has largely been bypassed by conservationists since John Muir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Klamath Knot\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic work of natural history, a wondrous meditation through time and space, and an intimate portrait of a miraculous stretch of land, forest, and mountain as botanically rich as any place in North America, as ecologically vital and important as any place on the planet.--Wade Davis, author of \u003ci\u003eOne River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In Wallace's hands, evolution is never mechanical or abstract; it is always seen operating in particular sites and species. As a stylist and a thinker Wallace is in a select class of writers who make science into literature.\"--Ernest Callenbach, author of \u003ci\u003eEcotopia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"For those of us who like David Rains Wallace's writing, it is good news indeed that his much-admired \u003ci\u003eThe Klamath Knot\u003c\/i\u003e is back in print.\"--Sue Hubbell, author of \u003ci\u003eWaiting for Aphrodite: Journeys into the Time Before Bones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A classic of natural history which will take its place alongside \u003ci\u003eWalden \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eA Sand County Almanac.\u003c\/i\u003e\"--G. Ledyard Stebbins, author of \u003ci\u003eVariation and Evolution in Plants \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Klamath Knot \u003c\/i\u003eis a marvelous book, one of the finest nature essays I have read, beautifully written, full of stimulating ideas and insights.\"--George B. Schaller, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Panda \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Rains Wallace\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of over a dozen books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Bonehunter's Revenge: Dinosaurs, Greed, and the Greatest Scientific Feud of the Gilded Age \u003c\/i\u003e(1999), \u003ci\u003eThe Monkey's Bridge: Mysteries of Evolution in Central America \u003c\/i\u003e(1997), and \u003ci\u003eThe Quetzal and the Macaw: The Story of Costa Rica's National Parks \u003c\/i\u003e(1992).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 174\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 8.82 x 6.36 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 24, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45390878048358,"sku":"9780520236592","price":63.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/ckdLN3BMZzlQTmpSNjhieU5OYmlQdz09.webp?v=1775119834","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-klamath-knot-explorations-of-myth-and-evolution-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}