Heartsblood: Hunting, Spirituality, and Wildness in America Tapa dura - 2000

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Island Press, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Very Good+. 6x1x9. In this age of boneless chicken breasts and drive-thru Happy Meals, why do some humans still hunt? Is it a visceral, tooth-and-claw hunger for meat, tied in a primitive savage knot with an innate lust for violence and domination? Or might it be a hunger of an entirely different sort? And if so, what? In Heartsblood, writer and veteran outdoorsman David Petersen offers a thoroughly informed, unsettlingly honest, intensely personal exploration of this increasingly contentious issue. He draws clear distinctions between true hunting and contemporary hunter behavior, praising what's right about the former and damning what's wrong with the latter, as he seeks to render the terms hunter and "antihunter" palpable -- to put faces on these much-used but little-understood generalizations. Petersen looks at the evolutionary roots and philosophical underpinnings of hunting, and offers a compelling portrait of an… Leer más

Island Press/Shearwater Books, 2000. First edition . Hardcover. Nearly-as-new copy/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. No marks or wear. Mylar covered dust jacket.

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Covelo, CA, U.S.A.: Island Press. Clean, Tight, Square, No markings, Light shelf wear . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st Printing. 2000.

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Washington, D. C.: Island Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1559637617 . First printing with full number line on copyright page. Signed by the author on the title page. Yellow paper boards quarter bound with green cloth. Gilt lettering on spine. Very slight rubbing to bottom edges of boards, otherwise in fine condition. Illustrated dust jacket with title in red lettering on cover and spine. Jacket is wrapped in mylar, is not clipped, and is in fine condition. Tight binding and clean interior. This book offers a personal and informative exploration of hunting, distinguishing between true hunting and contemporary hunter behavior. Author Terry Tempest Williams wrote that the book is “meant to disturb and provoke critical conversation necessary in rethinking our blood relations with animals. ” ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 269 pp; Signed by Author .

Island Press, 2000-08-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!