Listening to cougar

Book

Listening to cougar / Marc Bekoff and Cara Blessley Lowe, editors.

Bekoff, Marc. (Added Author). Lowe, Cara Blessley. (Added Author).

Summary:

This spellbinding tribute to "Puma concolor" honors the big cat's presence on the land and in our psyches. Essays describe chance meetings with cougars. Biologists describe aspects of cougar ecology. Conservationists relate the political history of America's greatest cat. Short stories and essays consider cougar's significance to people. A timely and thoughtful blend of natural history and evocation of a mysterious creature.

Record details

ISBN: 9780870818943 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0870818945 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Physical Description: xxi, 200 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, c2007.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-200).
Formatted Contents Note:: Introducing cougar / Cara Blessley Lowe -- In absentia / Ted Kerasote -- The growl / Steve Edwards -- Lion markers / J. Frank Dobie -- Border cat / Janay Brun -- A puma's journey / Linda Sweanor -- To cry for vision / Christina Kohlruss -- Closer / Gary Gildner -- Sanctuary / David C. Stoner -- Talking with a cougar / Julia B. Corbett -- The sacred cat : the role of the mountain lion in Navajo mythology and traditional lifeway / Steve Pavlik -- Lion story / Rick Bass -- South Dakota cougar / Deanna Dawn -- My bush soul, the mountain lion / Suzanne Duarte -- Lion heart / Cara Blessley Lowe -- A lion, a fox, and a funeral / Marc Bekoff -- Hunting at night / Joan Fox -- A short, unnatural history / Wendy Keefover-Ring -- The shifting light of shadows / BK Loren -- Drought / Barry Lopez -- Cougar country safety tips -- Deaths by cougar attack, 1890-present -- Cougars killed by humans, 1900-2000 -- Mapping values : cougars and the perspectives of human stakeholders.