- Foreword by Stephen Jay Gould
- Prologue
- 1. The Search for Undiscovered Life
- 2. The Immortal Animals
- 3. Elfin Farmers and Cactophylic Carpenters
- 4. Darkness and the Cave of the Jaguar
- 5. The Winding Path to Field Biology
- 6. The Desert at the Bottom of the World
- 7. Different Actors, Different Scripts
- 8. Desert in the Sky
- 9. The Vampire and the Phantoms of All Hallows’ Eve
- 10. Land of the Shah
- 11. Impenetrable Land of Thorns
- 12. The Devil’s Town
- 13. In the Shadow of the Pyramids
- 14. Naming the Anonymous
- 15. From Howling Wolf Mice to Fairy Armadillos
- 16. Aridity’s Cornucopia
- 17. Life in the Desert of Salt
- 18. Land of Diamonds
- Epilogue
- Appendix: Scientific and Common Names of Species Mentioned in the Text, by Region and Major Category
- Selected Readings
- Acknowledgments
- Index
A Desert Calling
Life in a Forbidding Landscape
Product Details
HARDCOVER
$41.00 • £35.95 • €37.95
ISBN 9780674007475
Publication Date: 05/14/2002
Awards & Accolades
- 2003 Oklahoma Book Award, Nonfiction Category, Oklahoma Center for the Book
- 2002 ForeWord Book of the Year Award, Environment Category
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