Long admired for his compassionate, probing meditations on the natural world, Loren Eiseley completed this volume of his favorite writings shortly before his death in 1977. It includes many selections never before published in book form and spans Eiseley's entire writing career - from his early poems through The Immense Journey and The Unexpected Universe to his most recent essays - providing a superb sampling of the author as naturalist, poet, scientist, and humanist.
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Long admired for his compassionate, probing meditations on the natural world, Loren Eiseley completed this volume of his favorite writings shortly before his death in 1977. It includes many selections never before published in book form and spans Eiseley's entire writing career - from his early poems through The Immense Journey and The Unexpected Universe to his most recent essays - providing a superb sampling of the author as naturalist, poet, scientist, and humanist.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Ex-library book with stamps on the first page, it is also likely to have a small shelf number sticker on the spine.
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Fair. An acceptable and readable copy. All pages are intact, and the spine and cover are also intact. This item may have light highlighting, writing or underlining through out the book, curled corners, missing dust jacket and or stickers.
This book is a compilation of favorite essays of the editor from Eiseley's other books of essays. The title comes. from everybody's favorite essay. I was really searching for the original book (Invisible Universe, I believe) with the "Star Thrower" story, but bought this instead and enjoyed the editor's selections. Something new for Eiseley fans and some of his best if you are not determined to read all his stuff.
Chris L
Oct 14, 2010
Star Thrower, a Home Run
Another fascinating masterpiece by the late poet/anthropologist, Loren Eiseley. Almost as absorbing as his masterpiece, The Immense Journey.