Life everlasting : the animal way of death
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Boston, Mass. : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Middletown-Thrall Public Library District - Adult Nonfiction | 591.7 HEI | On Shelf |
New City Library - Adult Nonfiction | 591.7 HEINRICH | On Shelf |
Newburgh Free Library - Adult Nonfiction | 591.7 HEI | On Shelf |
Nyack Library - Adult Nonfiction | 591.7 HEI | On Shelf |
Orangeburg Library - Adult Nonfiction | 591.7 HEINRICH | On Shelf |
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Published
Boston, Mass. : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012.
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Book
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xiv, 236 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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English
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-217) and index.
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"When a good friend with a severe illness wrote, asking if he might have his "green burial" at Bernd Heinrich's hunting camp in Maine, it inspired the acclaimed biologist/author to investigate a subject that had long fascinated him. How exactly does the animal world deal with the flip side of the life cycle? And what are the lessons, ecological to spiritual, raised by a close look at how the animal world renews itself? Heinrich focuses his wholly original gaze on the fascinating doings of creatures most of us would otherwise turn away from--field mouse burials conducted by carrion beetles; the communication strategies ravens, "the premier northern undertakers," use to do their work; and the "inadvertent teamwork" among wolves and large cats, foxes and weasels, bald eagles and nuthatches in cold-weather dispersal of killed prey. Heinrich reveals, too, how and where humans still play our ancient and important role as scavengers, thereby turning--not dust to dust--but life to life"--Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Heinrich, B. (2012). Life everlasting: the animal way of death . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Heinrich, Bernd, 1940-. 2012. Life Everlasting: The Animal Way of Death. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Heinrich, Bernd, 1940-. Life Everlasting: The Animal Way of Death Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Heinrich, Bernd. Life Everlasting: The Animal Way of Death Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012.
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