Ghostwalker

Tracking a Mountain Lion's Soul Through Science and Story

Leslie Patten (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

318 Seiten

2024 | Expanded Edition
University of Nebraska Press (Verlag)
978-1-4962-3847-4 (ISBN)

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Leslie Patten had seen grizzly bears, wolves, coyotes, deer, elk, and many other species in her years living next to Yellowstone National Park. Yet, like most visitors, she had never seen a mountain lion-the charismatic yet enigmatic predator also known as a cougar, panther, or puma. She had only detected their ethereal presence on the landscape, which left her pondering where they were and what they were up to. After five years, through her serendipitous encounters with their tracks and scat, the burning question remained: What is the essence of the mountain lion?

To understand an animal no one sees, Patten conducted more than one hundred interviews with biologists, conservation groups, state wildlife managers, houndsmen, and professional trackers. Slowly, a picture of the lion’s elusive nature emerged. Ghostwalker presents a complete picture of mountain lions in the West today, uncovering the intimacies of their secretive lifestyle as well as the issues they face in our changing world.

Leslie Patten has worked as a horticulturist, habitat specialist, and landscape designer. After moving to Wyoming, she has volunteered at the Buffalo Bill Museum of the West-preparing bird and mammal specimens and measuring wolf skulls for scientific research. Patten is the author of several books, including Shadow Landscape: Notes from the Field; The Wild Excellence: Notes from Untamed America; and Koda and the Wolves.

List of Illustrations
Foreword by Harley G. Shaw
Preface

1. The Quiet Rapture of Observation
2. Broom Riding and Human Meddling
3. A Language without Tongues
4. The Twenty-Three-Million-Acre Expanse of Wonder
5. Clues from beyond the Visible
6. The Houndsmen
7. The Deadliest Journey
8. The Zen of Mountain Lions
9. Bound in an Urban Forest
10. The Gordian Knot of Bighorns and Mountain Lions
11. Great Things Begin in the Tiny Seed of Small Change
Epilogue

Acknowledgments
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	27.08.2024
Vorwort	Harley G. Shaw
Zusatzinfo	40 photographs, 1 illustration, 3 maps, 1 chart, index
Verlagsort	Lincoln
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-10	1-4962-3847-8 / 1496238478
ISBN-13	978-1-4962-3847-4 / 9781496238474
Zustand	Neuware