Wind in the Rock

Harpercollins, 1978. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Association copy, inscribed on the half-title page to naturalist-author, MacArthur Genius Grant-recipient Gary Paul Nabhan: "For Gary & Karen--with whom I share this most beautiful of all possible worlds--Love--Ann." By world she probably means the Southwest deserts especially, which she did share with Nabhan. Nabhan is known in particular for his writing on Indigenous populations and their ethnobotany in the Southwest. Karen Reichhardt was his first wife and is a fellow botanist; they co-founded a native seed organization together. Zwinger and Nabhan are both winners of the John Burroughs Medal for nature writing. Near fine with rubbing to edges and corners of blue cloth in a good jacket with a prominent crease/fold to top of front panel and a large chip to top of rear panel. A great association copy. A great association copy, even apart from the cameo. We encourage you to look up Nabhan's touching tribute to Zwinger on Orion magazine's blog after her death in 2014 ("The beauty that her drawings and narratives evoked were enough to quell my rants, and I began classes in botany, scientific illustration, and creative writing because of her.") // 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.