Description: Explores the dynamic and complex relationship between humans and wild creatures in the western United States
Review Quotes: "This collection offers a heartfelt appeal to make the humanities matter by addressing the environmental challenges of our time."--Western American Literature
"Grizzlies, wolves and bison, oh my. This collection contains 17 essays by noted conservationists and nature writers, who delve deep into the role and meaning of wildlife in the American West."--John R. Platt, The Revelator "Though the collection is unmistakably regional, many of these same concerns are repeated wherever civilization and nature must coexist; this book appeals to a much wider audience than westerners or ecologists only. ... Reimagining a Place for the Wild deserves a place in the canon of American ecological literature alongside the likes of Muir, Leopold, and Carson."--World Literature Today "Leslie Miller believes we can use these stories and essays to 'reimagine western landscapes.' And she asks us to do so in ways that 'contribute to the welfare of wild nature in the twenty-first century.' This is a tall order. But the writers in her book map our path. Jeremy Schmidt reminds us that 'Wildness is everywhere. It is part of us... the matrix in which we live.' Erin Halcomb prays, 'For restraint: To stop myself from taking, and doing.' And Harvey Locke sums up our challenge: 'To right the wrongs done to Nature, to native people, and to ourselves in a place that we call home.' So, what are you going to do?"--Stephen Trimble, author of Bargaining for Eden: The Fight for the Last Open Spaces in the West "Reading through this anthology, brought back childhood moments of discovery as well as the answers to questions that have lingered since then. Aside from the personal gift to people like myself with an abiding interest in the wild dwellers that preceded us on this land, Reimagining a Place for the Wild will be an invaluable resource in college courses. Congratulations to the authors for this outstanding anthology."--Florence R. Shepard, author with Susan Marsh of Saving Wyoming's Hoback