The Sacred Paw: The Bear in Nature, Myth, and Literature
by Shepard, Paul; Sanders, Barry [Joseph Meeker]
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670151335
- ISBN 13
- 9780670151332
- Seller
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La Grande, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Viking Adult, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Association copy, inscribed on the half title page: "To Joe [Meeker] from Paul, with an Ursus hug." Uncommon signed. With an afterword by Gary Snyder. A great association between influential environmental writers: Shepard is known for his wide-ranging contributions to deep ecological thought, especially the "Pleistocene paradigm," and was recognized with Guggenheim and Rockefeller grants. Joseph Meeker is credited with originating the idea of ecocriticism, which he first called literary ecology in his influential book *The Comedy of Survival: Studies in Literary Ecology* (1972). A very near fine book with a hint of dusting to top face of text block; in a very good jacket with some creasing and very short tears to top of rear panel. // Wood (+) River (=) Books specializes in ecology, natural history, nature writing, the environment, and environmental literature, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions.
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- Bookseller
- Rural Hours (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ABE-1680587433233
- Title
- The Sacred Paw: The Bear in Nature, Myth, and Literature
- Author
- Shepard, Paul; Sanders, Barry [Joseph Meeker]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670151335
- ISBN 13
- 9780670151332
- Publisher
- Viking Adult
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
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Rural Hours
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La Grande, Oregon
About Rural Hours
Rural Hours (formerly Wood + River = Books, est. 2019) specializes in ecology, natural history, nature writing, the environment, environmental literature, and contemporary essay, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions. We draw our name from the popular-but-then-forgotten book by Susan Fenimore Cooper (published in 1850), generally considered the first work of environmental creative nonfiction by a woman in the U.S. We are interested in challenging and expanding the canon of environmental literature and finding books that tell remarkable stories and illuminate the tradition of writing about place and natural history.
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