{"product_id":"seasons-desert-sketches-paperback","title":"Seasons: Desert Sketches - 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\u003eEllen Meloy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnnie Proulx\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Sharp as the needles on a pinyon pine, these essays will make you rethink your view of the American West. Meloy's wise and unexpected observations are a pure delight.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEllen Meloy wrote and recorded a series of audio essays for KUER, NPR Utah in the 1990s. Every few months, she would travel to their Salt Lake City studios from her red rock home of Bluff to read an essay or two. With understated humor and sharp insight, Meloy would illuminate facets of human connection to nature and challenge listeners to examine the world anew. Seasons: Desert Sketches is a compilation of these essays, transcribed from their original cassette tape recordings. Whether Meloy is pondering geese in Desolation Canyon or people at the local post office, readers will delight in her signature wit and charm--and feel the pull of the desert she loves and defends.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eELLEN MELOY\u003c\/b\u003e was a native of the West and lived in California, Montana, and Utah. Her book \u003ci\u003eThe Anthropology of Turquoise\u003c\/i\u003e (2002) was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and won the Utah Book Award and the Banff Mountain Book Festival Award in the adventure and travel category. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eRaven's Exile: A Season on the Green River\u003c\/i\u003e (1994), \u003ci\u003eThe Last Cheater's Waltz: Beauty and Violence in the Desert Southwest\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), and \u003ci\u003eEating Stone: Imagination and the Loss of the Wild\u003c\/i\u003e (2005). Meloy spent most of her life in wild, remote places; at the time of her sudden death in November 2004 (three months after completing \u003ci\u003eEating Stone\u003c\/i\u003e), she and her husband were living in southern Utah.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 16, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984026599725,"sku":"9781948814010","price":18.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/xKQfTiu-YH9781948814010.webp?v=1776081469","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/seasons-desert-sketches-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}