Listening to Cougar
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Listening to Cougar

  1. 262 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Listening to Cougar

About this book

"Awe. It's the overwhelming emotion 20 authors express for the cougar—or mountain lion or panther or puma—in [this] beautiful literary anthology." — The Durango Herald
 
Foreword by Jane Goodall
This spellbinding tribute to Puma concolor honors the big cat's presence on the land and in our psyches. In some essays, the puma appears front and center: a lion leaps over Rick Bass's feet, hurtles off a cliff in front of J. Frank Dobie, gazes at Julia Corbett when she opens her eyes after an outdoor meditation, emerges from the fog close enough for poet Gary Gildner to touch. Marc Bekoff opens his car door for a dog that turns out to be a lion. Other works evoke lions indirectly. Biologists describe aspects of cougar ecology, such as its rugged habitat and how males struggle to claim territory. Conservationists relate the political history of America's greatest cat. Short stories and essays consider lions' significance to people, reflecting on accidental encounters, dreams, Navajo beliefs, guided hunts, and how vital mountain lions are to people as symbols of power and wildness.
 
Contributors include: Rick Bass, Marc Bekoff, Janay Brun, Julia B. Corbett, Deanna Dawn, J. Frank Dobie, Suzanne Duarte, Steve Edwards, Joan Fox, Gary Gildner, Wendy Keefover-Ring, Ted Kerasote, Christina Kohlruss, Barry Lopez, BK Loren, Cara Blessley Lowe, Steve Pavlik, David Stoner, and Linda Sweanor.
 
"Puma. Cougar. Mountain lion. Panther. These words and the creatures they represent inspire awe, wonder, excitement, terror, and reverence in the writers whose contributions make up this anthology." — Library Journal

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. CONTENTS
  6. FOREWORD
  7. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  8. INTRODUCING COUGAR
  9. IN ABSENTIA
  10. THE GROWL
  11. LION MARKERS
  12. BORDER CAT
  13. A PUMA’S JOURNEY
  14. TO CRY FOR VISION
  15. CLOSER
  16. SANCTUARY
  17. TALKING WITH A COUGAR
  18. THE SACRED CAT: THE ROLE OF THE MOUNTAIN LION IN NAVAJO MYTHOLOGY AND TRADITIONAL LIFEWAY:
  19. LION STORY
  20. SOUTH DAKOTA COUGAR
  21. MY BUSH SOUL, THE MOUNTAIN LION
  22. LION HEART
  23. A LION, A FOX, AND A FUNERAL
  24. HUNTING AT NIGHT
  25. A SHORT, UNNATURAL HISTORY
  26. THE SHIFTING LIGHT OF SHADOWS
  27. DROUGHT
  28. COUGAR COUNTRY SAFETY TIPS
  29. DEATHS BY COUGAR ATTACK, 1890–PRESENT
  30. COUGARS KILLED BY HUMANS, 1900–2000
  31. MAPPING VALUES: COUGARS AND THE : PERSPECTIVES OF HUMAN STAKEHOLDERS
  32. ORGANIZATIONS AND RELATED WEB SITES
  33. FOR FURTHER READING
  34. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
  35. PERMISSIONS AND SOURCES
  36. Footnote