Those of the Gray Wind: The Sandhill Cranes, New Edition - Softcover

Johnsgard, Paul A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803275668 ISBN 13: 9780803275669

Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, 1986

Synopsis

With Paul Johnsgard, we follow the annual migration of the sandhill cranes from the American Southwest to their Alaskan mating grounds and then home again. It is a flight unaltered in nearly ten million years. By presenting various cycles of the migration in four time periods from 1860 to 1980, Johnsgard, a prominent naturalist, is able to show how man's encroachments have imperiled the flocks. In each section there is interaction between a child and an adult brought about by some ritual event in the migration of the cranes. The story is enriched by the author's exquisite illustrations, by Zuni prayers, and by Eskimo and Pueblo legends.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

With Paul Johnsgard, we follow the annual migration of the sandhill cranes from the American Southwest to their Alaskan mating grounds and then home again. It is a flight unaltered in nearly ten million years. By presenting various cycles of the migration in four time periods from 1860 to 1980, Johnsgard, a prominent naturalist, is able to show how man's encroachments have imperiled the flocks.

About the Author:

Paul A. Johnsgard is Foundation Regents Professor Emeritus in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is the author of fifty books on natural history, most recently The Niobrara: A River Running through Time and Prairie Dog Empire: A Saga of the Shortgrass Prairie, both published by the University of Nebraska Press.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0803275668
• ISBN 13: 9780803275669
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 116