Encounters with Nature: Essays by Paul Shepard

by Paul Shepard

While most scholars work within the safe, sturdy confines of conventional academics, Paul Shepard moved beyond convention, out under the open sky where he was free to turn and peer in every direction.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1559635290
• ISBN13: 9781559635295
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Island Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Last thoughts of a great thinker

This book was a work in progress when Paul Shepard died. His wife and partner, Florence, worked to finalize it and bring it to publication. We all owe a debt of gratitude to her for that. Paul Shepard threw off ideas like sparks during his life and this last effort is just that; sparks of ideas which we can only regret will never see the full development of his other works. However, whether you are a fan (or foe) of Paul Shepard and his ideas, this book will not fail to challenge your thinking. The book is a series of essays on a wide range of subjects, centered around Shepard's central thesis that human ecology was too centered on the 20th century, and not enough on the Pleistocene. I have all of Paul Shepard's books, but I often find myself returning to this one when I have a few moments to reflect. Try it, you will be rewarded.