Originally published in 1956, The Great Chain of Life brings a humanist's keen eye and ear to one of the great questions of the ages: "What am I?" A scholar of literature and theater, toward the end of his career Joseph Wood Krutch turned to the study of the natural world. Bringing his keen intellect to bear on the places around him, Krutch crafted some of the most memorable and important works of nature writing extant. Whether anticipating the arguments of biologists who now ascribe high levels of cognition to the so ...
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Originally published in 1956, The Great Chain of Life brings a humanist's keen eye and ear to one of the great questions of the ages: "What am I?" A scholar of literature and theater, toward the end of his career Joseph Wood Krutch turned to the study of the natural world. Bringing his keen intellect to bear on the places around him, Krutch crafted some of the most memorable and important works of nature writing extant. Whether anticipating the arguments of biologists who now ascribe high levels of cognition to the so-called lower animals, recognizing the importance of nature for a well-lived life, or seeing nature as an elaborately interconnected, interdependent network, Krutch's seminal work contains lessons just as resonant today as they were when the book was first written. Lavishly illustrated with beautiful woodcuts by Paul Landacre, an all-but-lost yet important Los Angeles artist whom Rockwell Kent called "the best American wood engraver working," The Great Chain of Life will be cherished by new generations of readers.
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Good. A former library book with all the expected stamps stickers and markings. Some shelf storage or usage wear present. The binding is tight and all pages are present. The dustjacket is covered in protective plastic. The pages appear unmarked. Individually inspected by Shadow. Thanks for supporting an independent bookseller!
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NF in VG- jacket. Not ex-lib. Hardcover with blue cloth over boards and light blue quarter cloth, in black and white jacket with Paul Landacre illustratiions to front, small 8vo. xiv + 227pp. Landacre illustrations to frontis and chapter heads. NF/VG-to VG. Book has mildy toed-in corners with no outright bumping; shallow 6 1/4" crease along foe edge rear free endpaper. Else clean, tight, sharp and unmarked. Jacket has rubbing with surface loss along fore edges and hinges; surface scraping with loss at spine ends; light rubbing/scuffing to white background of rear panel. Central titles and figures clean and bright. jacket in Brodart.