Those of the Gray Wind

The Sandhill Cranes, New Edition

Paul A. Johnsgard (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

174 Seiten

2017 | new edition
University of Nebraska Press (Verlag)
978-1-4962-0157-7 (ISBN)

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With Paul A. Johnsgard, we follow the migration of the sandhill cranes from the American Southwest to their Alaskan breeding grounds and back again, an annual pattern that has persisted over millions of years. By selecting four historic time frames of the migration between 1860 and 1980, Johnsgard illustrates how humans have influenced the flocks and how different American cultures have variously responded to the birds and perceived their value.

Each section focuses on the interactions between children of four different American cultures and sandhill cranes, triggered by events occurring during the annual life cycle of the cranes. The story is enriched by the author’s exquisite illustrations, by Zuni prayers, and by Inuit and Pueblo legends. With a new preface and afterword and a new gallery of photographs by the author, Those of the Gray Wind is a classic story of a timeless ritual that can be enjoyed for generations to come.

Paul A. Johnsgard is Foundation Regents Professor Emeritus in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He has received conservation and research awards from the National Audubon Society, the American Ornithologists’ Union, the National Wildlife Federation, and other state and national organizations. Johnsgard is the author of more than eighty books on natural history, including Sandhill and Whooping Cranes: Ancient Voices over America’s Wetlands and Seasons of the Tallgrass Prairie: A Nebraska Year, both available in Bison Books editions.

Preface
Author's Note

Spring, 1860
North to the Flat Waters
Platte Valley Spring

Summer, 1900
Destination: Arctic
The Tundra of Igiak Bay

Fall, 1940
The Roof of the Continent
Rendezvous at Horsehead Lake

Winter, 1980
The Valley of the Sacred River
The Staked Plains

Afterword

Erscheinungsdatum	18.08.2017
Nachwort	Paul A. Johnsgard
Vorwort	Paul A. Johnsgard
Zusatzinfo	6 photographs, 16 illustrations
Verlagsort	Lincoln
Sprache	englisch
Maße	133 x 203 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
ISBN-10	1-4962-0157-4 / 1496201574
ISBN-13	978-1-4962-0157-7 / 9781496201577
Zustand	Neuware