The Desert Smells Like Rain: A Naturalist in O'odham Country [Paperback]

Gary Paul Nabhan (Author)

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Paperback: 148 pages
Publisher: University of Arizona Press; Reprint edition (April 1 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0816522499
ISBN-13: 978-0816522491
Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.6 x 1 cm
Shipping Weight: 159 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #561,209 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #6 in Books > Outdoors & Nature > Ecosystems > Deserts

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“People often find science boring and ill written. Not in this book. Here the reader is lured into botany, ethnology, hydrology, and a couple of million acres by vivid writing, good pictures, and a beautifully produced book. . . . Anyone ignorant of the desert should begin their cure here.” —Tucson Citizen “The humor, spice, charm, insight, and compassion with which Gary Paul Nabhan weaves his tale make for enjoyable reading.” —Rio Grande Sun “Nabhan's point is that we transplanted desert dwellers have a great deal to learn from longtime, environmentally conscious inhabitants if we are not to destroy our fragile home. . . . A remarkably humane essay on nature and respect for it.” —Bloomsbury Review “The Desert Smells Like Rain offers a remarkable insight, sensitive but unsentimental, combining the sound perceptions of a scientist with ecological concerns, matching humor and a sense of human frailty with tentative hope for the future.” —High Country News “His eyes are those of a scientist, his prose and vision a poet's: spare, evocative, respectful of both facts and mysteries.” —Orion Nature Quarterly

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Amazon.com: 4.3 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews)

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars The Desert Smells Like Rain, Feb 16 2008

By Frank M. Morales "Desert Dweller" - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: The Desert Smells Like Rain: A Naturalist in O'odham Country (Paperback)

My wife and I found it interesting how the Tohono O'odham used rainfall alone to successfully subsist in the desert. We were also fascinated with the knowledge and use of herbs to maintain their physical well-being and to ward off disease. We found some of the folk tales amusing. Having lived in the Tucson area, we found we could identify with the book. We thoroughly enjoyed it. The author did an excellent job of capturing the essence of the Tohono O'odham (Papago) culture and lifestyle.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A good read, Jan 19 2011

By Michael - Published on Amazon.com

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I purchased this book as required reading for a Cultural Anthropology course I took. It's a short book but is a insightful view into the culture of the O'odham people. I enjoyed it and would recommend it to anyone.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for those interested in O'odham, Oct 18 2011

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I really liked the book. It was about real O'odham (formerly called Papago) Native Americans and how they lived in the Sonoran Desert.

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