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The Beast in the Garden: A Modern Parable of Man and Nature
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The Beast in the Garden: A Modern Parable of Man and Nature Hardcover - 2003

by Baron, David

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In a riveting environmental fable that recalls Peter Benchley's thriller "Jaws," a journalist traces the return of the mountain lion to Colorado and chronicles Boulder's effort to coexist with its new neighbors.

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W. W. Norton & Company, 2003. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 102x16x153. In Very Good+ condition with Very Good+ Dustjacket. The true tale of an edenic Rocky Mountain town and what transpired when a predatory species returned to its ancestral home.When, in the late 1980s, residents of Boulder, Colorado, suddenly began to see mountain lions in their yards, it became clear that the cats had repopulated the land after decades of persecution. Here, in a riveting environmental fable that recalls Peter Benchley's thriller Jaws, journalist David Baron traces the history of the mountain lion and chronicles Boulder's effort to coexist with its new neighbors. A parable for our times, The Beast in the Garden is a scientific detective story and a real-life drama, a tragic tale of the struggle between two highly evolved predators: man and beast. 4 photos, 5 maps.
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  • Title The Beast in the Garden: A Modern Parable of Man and Nature
  • Author Baron, David
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition INTERNATIONAL ED
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, New York
  • Date 2003
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # SKU2020021952
  • ISBN 9780393058079 / 0393058077
  • Weight 1.31 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.61 x 6.38 x 1.02 in (24.41 x 16.21 x 2.59 cm)
  • Themes
    • Geographic Orientation: Colorado
    • Locality: Boulder-Longmont, Colorado
  • Library of Congress subjects Puma - Colorado - Boulder Region, Human-animal relationships - Colorado -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003016111
  • Dewey Decimal Code 599.752

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The Colorado sun burned through a mantle of winter gloom, dappling the rocks, the trees, the snow with a warm glow, giving an air of spring to the January hillside.

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  • Booklist, 11/15/2003, Page 551
  • Kirkus Reviews, 09/01/2003, Page 1107
  • Library Journal, 11/01/2003, Page 118
  • Library Journal Prepub Alert, 08/01/2003, Page 60
  • Publishers Weekly, 09/22/2003, Page 95

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