02634nam 2200541Ia 450 991082079810332120200520144314.00-8166-8585-1(CKB)1000000000347144(EBL)310292(OCoLC)476093618(SSID)ssj0000284025(PQKBManifestationID)11228066(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000284025(PQKBWorkID)10260964(PQKB)10138581(SSID)ssj0000243430(PQKBManifestationID)12095390(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000243430(PQKBWorkID)10321091(PQKB)11063000(MiAaPQ)EBC310292(EXLCZ)99100000000034714419930628d1994 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSeeing the raven a narrative of renewal /Peter M. Leschak1st ed.Minneapolis, Minn. University of Minnesota Pressc19941 online resource (212 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-2429-1 CONTENTS; AUTHOR'S NOTE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PROLOGUE; WOLF MOON; IN THE WIDOWS' DEN; CONFESSIONS OF A PREDATOR; WHEN EAGLES SCREAM; TIRES DON'T FEED; AN APOCALYPSE OF MAYFLIES; THE RED AND THE SCAT; A CHORUS OF GEESE; CHICKADEE BOB; AN OWL'S STARE; THE TOP SECRET STARLIGHT BRAIN; FOREST GALACTICA; INSECURITY LIGHT; DANCING GHOSTS; THE VIRIDIAN GATE; THE NEW MOON OF THE DEEP SNOW; THE SAME CROOKED WORM; FIRST ICE; MAKING ICE; CHAIN SAW RHAPSODY; COLD COMFORT; TRICKSTER TALES; CRY OF THE LOONBlending contemporary science and keen firsthand observation, Leschak's narrative encompasses a wide range of topics and experiences-fly fishing and wildland firefighting, backyard astronomy and ecology, chain saws and ice skates, turtles and timberwolves. Its moments of pathos and joy unfold against the forbidding and beautiful landscape of northeastern Minnesota, as the author confronts questions that transcend the particulars of his experience. At once humorous and philosophical, rich with anecdotes and allusions, this is a book about death and renewal and a search for meaning along nature'MinnesotaDescription and travelMinnesotaSocial life and customs977.6Leschak Peter M.1951-1104957MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820798103321Seeing the Raven4010047UNINA