The Night Country

by Eiseley, Loren

• ISBN13: 9780803267350
• ISBN10: 0803267355
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-06-01
• Publisher: Bison Books

Summary

Toward the end of his life, Loren Eiseley reflected on the mystery of life, throwing light on those dark places traversed by himself and centuries of humankind.The Night Countryis a gift of wisdom and beauty from the famed anthropologist. It describes his needy childhood in Nebraska, reveals his increasing sensitivity to the odd and ordinary in nature, and focuses on a career that turns him inward as he reaches outward for answers in old bones.

Author Biography

Gale E. Christianson, author of Fox at the Wood’s Edge: A Biography of Loren Eiseley, is a professor of history at Indiana State University, Terre Haute.

Table of Contents

FOREWORD	xvii
1. THE GOLD WHEEL	3	(12)
2. THE PLACES BELOW	15	(16)
3. BIG EYES AND SMALL EYES	31	(16)
4. INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS	47	(12)
5. THE CHRESMOLOGUE	59	(20)
6. PAW MARKS AND BURIED TOWNS	79	(12)
7. BARBED WIRE AND BROWN SKULLS	91	(16)
8. THE RELIC MEN	107	(20)
9. STRANGENESS IN THE PROPORTION	127	(26)
10. THE CREATURE FROM THE MARSH	153	(16)
11. ONE NIGHT'S DYING	169	(12)
12. OBITUARY OF A BONE HUNTER	181	(14)
13. THE MIND AS NATURE	195	(32)
14. THE BROWN WASPS	227	(12)
BIBLIOGRAPHY	239