Chuckwalla Land
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Chuckwalla Land

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Chuckwalla Land

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Described as "a writer in the tradition of Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and other self-educated seers" by the San Francisco Chronicle, David Rains Wallace turns his attention in this new book to another distinctive corner of California—its desert, the driest and hottest environment in North America. Drawing from his frequent forays to Death Valley, Red Rock Canyon, Kelso Dunes, and other locales, Wallace illuminates the desert's intriguing flora and fauna as he explores a controversial, unresolved scientific debate about the origin and evolution of its unusual ecosystems. Eminent scientists and scholars appear throughout these pages, including maverick paleobiologist Daniel Axelrod, botanist Ledyard Stebbins, and naturalists Edmund Jaeger and Joseph Wood Krutch. Weaving together ecology, geology, natural history, and mythology in his characteristically eloquent voice, Wallace reveals that there is more to this starkly beautiful landscape than meets the eye.

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Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2011
ISBN
9780520948662
Edition
1
Topic
Sciences physiques
Subtopic
Géologie et sciences de la Terre

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Prologue. Bushes and Lizards
  6. 1. A Sphinx in Arcady
  7. 2. The Country of Dried Skin
  8. 3. A Cactus Heresy
  9. 4. The Creator’s Dumping Ground
  10. 5. An Evolutionary Backwater
  11. 6. Anti-Darwinian Lacertilians
  12. 7. Descriptive Confusion
  13. 8. A Murderous Brood
  14. 9. Hopeful Monsters
  15. 10. An Old Earth-Feature
  16. 11. A Climatic Accident
  17. 12. An Evolutionary Frontier
  18. 13. A Neo-Darwinian Galapagos
  19. 14. Mexican Geneses
  20. 15. Desert Relicts
  21. 16. Madro-Tertiary Attitudes
  22. 17. A Friendly Land
  23. 18. Furry Paleontologists
  24. 19. Dawn Horses and Dinosaurs
  25. 20. Axelrod Antagonistes
  26. 21. The Midday Sun
  27. 22. Lacertilian Ambiguities
  28. 23. Xerothermic Invasions
  29. 24. Sand Swimmers
  30. 25. Axelrod Ascendant
  31. 26. An Evolutionary Museum
  32. 27. The Riddle of the Palms
  33. 28. Bushes and Camels
  34. 29. Axelrod Askew
  35. 30. Paradigms Postponed
  36. 31. The Falcon and the Shrikes
  37. Epilogue. The Sphinx’s Lair
  38. Notes
  39. Selected Bibliography
  40. Index