Tracks Along the Left Coast

Schelling, Andrew; Jaime De Angulo

ISBN 10: 1619029251 / ISBN 13: 9781619029255

Published by Counterpoint, 2017

About this Item

Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. Book is signed by the author on the title page under author's printed name.

Seller Inventory # 153851

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tracks Along the Left Coast
• Publisher: Counterpoint
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1619029251
• ISBN 13: 9781619029255
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author
• Seller catalogs:
  • Autobiography/Biography/Memoir

About this title

Synopsis

“Tracks Along the Left Coast more than accomplishes its self–appointed task of celebrating de Angulo’s legacy.” —Rain Taxi

“Schelling’s biography of Jaime de Angulo—'cattle puncher, medical doctor, bohemian, buckeroo,' among other things—presents a fascinating, full–bodied portrait of a man and an era, as well as delving deep into California’s Native history. De Angulo’s isn't a household name, but in Schelling's work the man called by Ezra Pound the 'American Ovid' comes blazing to life in all his singular brilliance.” —Stephen Sparks, Literary Hub

California, with its scores of native languages, contains a wealth of old–time stories—a bedrock of the literature of North America. Jaime de Angulo's linguistic and ethnographic work, his writings, as well as the legends that cloak the Old Coyote himself, vividly reflect the particulars of the Pacific Coast. In each retelling, through each storyteller, stories are continually revivified, and that is precisely what Andrew Schelling has done in Tracks Along the Left Coast, weaving together the story of de Angulo's life with the story of the land and the people, languages, and cultures with whom it is so closely tied.

About the Author

Andrew Schelling is a poet, essay writer, and translator. He works on land–use issues in the American West and teaches poetry and Sanskrit at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado.

Jaime de Angulo was a cowboy, cattle rancher, horse tamer, medical doctor, psychologist, and linguist. A friend and colleague of Carl Jung, Henry Miller, and D. H. Lawrence, de Angulo was the author of Indian Tales and many other titles, all published posthumously.