{"title":"David Rains Wallace","description":"David Rains Wallace is the author of over a dozen books, including The Bonehunter's Revenge: Dinosaurs, Greed, and the Greatest Scientific Feud of the Gilded Age (1999), The Monkey's Bridge: Mysteries of Evolution in Central America (1997), and The Quetzal and the Macaw: The Story of Costa Rica's National Parks (1992).","products":[{"product_id":"the-klamath-knot-explorations-of-myth-and-evolution-paperback","title":"The Klamath Knot: Explorations of Myth and Evolution - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the John Burroughs Medal for Nature Writing, the Commonwealth Club Silver Medal for Literature 1984, and named one of the twentieth century's best nonfiction books by the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle, The Klamath Knot, \u003c\/i\u003e originally published by Sierra Club Books in 1983, is a personal vision of wilderness in the Klamath Mountains of northwest California and southwest Oregon, seen through the lens of \"evolutionary mythology.\" David Rains Wallace uses his explorations of the diverse ecosystems in this region to ponder the role of evolution and myth in our culture. The author's new epilogue makes a case for the creation of a new park to safeguard this exceptionally rich storehouse of relict species and evolutionary stories, which has largely been bypassed by conservationists since John Muir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Klamath Knot\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic work of natural history, a wondrous meditation through time and space, and an intimate portrait of a miraculous stretch of land, forest, and mountain as botanically rich as any place in North America, as ecologically vital and important as any place on the planet.--Wade Davis, author of \u003ci\u003eOne River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In Wallace's hands, evolution is never mechanical or abstract; it is always seen operating in particular sites and species. As a stylist and a thinker Wallace is in a select class of writers who make science into literature.\"--Ernest Callenbach, author of \u003ci\u003eEcotopia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"For those of us who like David Rains Wallace's writing, it is good news indeed that his much-admired \u003ci\u003eThe Klamath Knot\u003c\/i\u003e is back in print.\"--Sue Hubbell, author of \u003ci\u003eWaiting for Aphrodite: Journeys into the Time Before Bones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A classic of natural history which will take its place alongside \u003ci\u003eWalden \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eA Sand County Almanac.\u003c\/i\u003e\"--G. Ledyard Stebbins, author of \u003ci\u003eVariation and Evolution in Plants \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Klamath Knot \u003c\/i\u003eis a marvelous book, one of the finest nature essays I have read, beautifully written, full of stimulating ideas and insights.\"--George B. 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Over the past century it has been known by many names -- the Bone War, the Fossil Feud -- but the tragic story of the competition for fame and natural treasure between Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh, two leading paleontologists of the Gilded Age, remains prophetic of the conquest of the West as well as a watershed event in science.\u003cbr\u003e With a historian's eye and a novelist's skill, David Rains Wallace charts in fascinating detail the unrestrained rivalry between Cope and Marsh and their obsession to become the first to make available to the world the abundant, unknown fossils of the western badlands. This story will surely fascinate anyone who has had to confront the myriad facets of professional jealousy, its sterile brooding, and how it leads to an emotional abyss.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51366072090847,"sku":"9780618082407","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/XpkHlPVI9F9780618082407.webp?v=1789080747"},{"product_id":"mountains-and-marshes-exploring-the-bay-areas-natural-history-paperback","title":"Mountains and Marshes: Exploring the Bay Area's Natural History - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eDescribed as \"a writer in the tradition of Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and other self-educated seers\" by the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, David Rains Wallace turns his attention to one of the most distinctive corners of California: the San Francisco Bay Area. Weaving a complex and engaging story of the Bay Area from personal, historical, and environmental threads, Wallace's exploration of the natural world takes readers on a fascinating tour through the region: from Point Reyes National Park, where an abandoned campfire and an invasion of Douglas fir trees combusted into a dangerous wildfire, to Oakland's Lake Merritt, a surprising site amid skyscrapers for some of the best local bird-watching; from the majestic Diablo Range near San Jose, where conservationists fight against land developers to preserve species like mountain lions and golden eagles, to the Golden Gate itself, the iconic bridge that--geologically speaking--leads not to gold but to serpentine. Each essay explores a different place throughout the four corners of the Bay Area, uncovering the flora and fauna that make each so extraordinary. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a naturalist's eye, a penchant for local history, and an obvious passion for the subject, Wallace's new collection is among the first nature writing dedicated entirely to the Bay Area. Informative, engrossing, and exquisitely described, \u003ci\u003eMountains and Marshes\u003c\/i\u003e affords unexpected yet familiar views of a beloved region that, even amidst centuries of growth and change, is as dynamic as it is timeless.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51379375046879,"sku":"9781619025967","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Yte3rpbzN29781619025967.webp?v=1789272432"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/david-rains-wallace.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}