{"product_id":"the-eye-of-the-mammoth-new-and-selected-essays-paperback-softback-9781477320099","title":"The Eye of the Mammoth; New and Selected Essays (Paperback \/ softback) 9781477320099","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Eye of the Mammoth\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eNew and Selected Essays\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStephen Harrigan (Author), Nicholas Lemann (Introduction by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781477320099, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 October 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e424 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.653 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistory-natural history, human history, and personal history-and place are the cornerstones of \u003ci\u003eThe Eye of the Mammoth\u003c\/i\u003e. Stephen Harrigan's career has taken him from the Alaska Highway to the Chihuahuan Desert, from the casinos of Monaco to his ancestors' village in the Czech Republic. And now, in this new edition, he movingly recounts in \"Off Course\" a quest to learn all he can about his father, who died in a plane crash six months before he was born.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHarrigan's deceptively straightforward voice belies an intense curiosity about things that, by his own admission, may be \"unknowable.\" Certainly, we are limited in what we can know about the inner life of George Washington, the last days of Davy Crockett, the motives of a caged tiger, or a father we never met, but Harrigan's gift-a gift that has also made him an award-winning novelist-is to bring readers closer to such things, to make them less remote, just as a cave painting in the title essay eerily transmits the living stare of a long-extinct mammoth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeword by Nicholas Lemann\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart One: Music in the Desert \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMorning Light\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the Edge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Secret Life of the Beach\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGoing into the Desert\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIsla del Padre\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003eThe Tiger Is God\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Bay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSwamp Thing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Silver Kings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart Two: Highways and Jungle Paths \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Roof of Eden\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFeeling Flush\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Anger of Achilles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRock and Sky\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Little Man's Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy Igloo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Secret Door\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart Three: The Shadow of History \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Temple of Destiny\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Man Nobody Knows\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComanche Midnight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWolf House\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Last Days of David Crockett\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTaking Care of Lonesome Dove\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHis Fostering Hand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Eye of the Mammoth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Troublous Life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart Four: Where Is My Home? \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat Texas Means to Me\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Soul of Treaty Oak\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWish I Were There\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Eyesore\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Golden Age of Austin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTexanic!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFade In, Fade Out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhere Is My Home?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOff Course\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52590957527320,"sku":"9781477320099","price":15.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-eye-of-the-mammoth-new-and-selected-essays-paperback-softback-9781477320099","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}