Grass: In Search of Human Habitat Volume 11

by Joe C. Truett

Book Overview

Part autobiography, part philosophical rumination, this evocative conservation odyssey explores the deep affinities between humans and our original habitat: grasslands. In a richly drawn, anecdotally driven narrative, Joe C. Truett, a grasslands ecologist who writes with a flair for language, traces the evolutionary, historical, and cultural forces that have reshaped North American rangelands over the past two centuries. He introduces an intriguing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520258398
• ISBN13: 9780520258396
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"