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With visionary lyricism and power, a spiritual adventurer, writing about nature and humankind in and against nature, captures the denizens of the Southwestern Desert, from mountain lions, to brutal drug kingpins, to predatory tycoon Charles Keating
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Author of many acclaimed books about the American Southwest and US-Mexico border issues, Charles Bowden (1945–2014) was a contributing editor for GQ, Harper’s, Esquire, and Mother Jones and also wrote for the New York Times Book Review, High Country News, and Aperture. His honors included a PEN First Amendment Award, Lannan Literary Award for Nonfiction, and the Sidney Hillman Award for outstanding journalism that fosters social and economic justice.
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"Where most ecologically minded writers draw a clean line in the sand between man and nature, Bowden stomps all over the sanctimonious boundary, in the process merging history and natural history into a spooky and seamless narrative." (Esquire)
"A dark, troubling vision of life in the desert, defined broadly; of mountain lions and drug kingpins, Mexican hopes and Indian feuds . . . and the romantic faddishness of environmentalists. Bowden is an observant reporter, but the primitive strength of Desierto derives from his compulsive hunger . . . to examine and experience the underside of border life. . . . Fansof Castaneda and Traven will find much to like here."
(Los Angeles Times)"In these powerful epic tales of the Sonora Desert, Bowden peoples the harsh land on both sides of the US-Mexican border with saints and sinners, but his enduring hero is the desert itself. The seven essays are a poignant blend of history, science, legend and lore, naturalism, investigative journalism, portrait painting, and independent thinking. . . . Thought-provoking and moving." (Kirkus Reviews)
"A compelling and wonderfully poetic book. . . . [Charles Bowden is] a forthright and thrillingly good writer." (Ron Hansen, New York Times Book Review)
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- PublisherW W Norton & Co Inc
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0393029352
- ISBN 13 9780393029352
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages225
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