Death in the Everglades: The Murder of Guy Bradley, America's First Martyr to Environmentalism
Death in the Everglades chronicles the demise of one of 20th-century Florida’s most enduring folk heroes.
Death in the Everglades chronicles the demise of one of 20th-century Florida’s most enduring folk heroes.
In this article, Joan Hoffmann presents a case study of the New York City Catskill/Delaware watershed.
In Wild Earth 7, no. 1 David Abram rediscovers our animal senses, Stephanie Kaza analyzes assumptions and stereotypes about human-nature relations, Connie Barlow reflects on the epic of evolution, and Christopher Manes reflects on a meaningful relationship with the wild.
Wild Earth 9, no. 1 features essays on wilderness and spirituality. They center around two slogans: “Rewilding Ourselves” and “Rewilding the Land.”
Wild Earth 12, no. 1, focuses on the causes, processes and recovery chances of biodiversity loss. It spotlights the Rocky Mountain locust, the passenger pigeon, wolves in Yellowstone, and the black-tailed prairie dog.
Wild Earth 12, no. 2, features essays on deep time and evolution, ecopsychology, animal indicators of ecosystem health, and a proposal for Pennsylvania’s Allegheny National Forest.
Wild Earth 13, no. 2/3, features essays on the biological and cultural significance of snakes, the populist right in America, rednecks as wildlife managers, and mosquitoes across the Florida Everglades.
Wild Earth 13, no. 4, focuses on the National Wildlife Refuge System with essays on its history, the wildlife refuge in Southeastern Oregon, wildlands ofthe Great Plains, and pronghorn extinction in the Sonoran Desert.
This collection brings a Canadian perspective to the growing field of animal history, ranging across species and cities, from the beavers who engineered Stanley Park to the carthorses who shaped the city of Montreal. Some essays consider animals as spectacle, while others examine the bodily intimacies of shared urban spaces.