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Singing to the Sound: Visions of Nature, Animals Spirit
Singing to the Sound Visions of Nature Animals Spirit Author:Brenda Peterson For two decades now I have cleaved to the misting, mysterious shores of Washington's Puget Sound... From wolves to salmon, from the great blue Heron to the gray whale, Singing to the Sound is Brenda Peterson's eloquent refrain to the American West. In this her latest book of personal and journalistic essays, Brenda Peterson explores and illumin... more »ates the complicated, but essential relationship between humans and animals, between humans and nature. Whether describing her swims with dolphins in the wild; the healing benefits of animal play; or the ongoing battles over hunting wolves and whales, Peterson gives her readers the opportunity to become "other" as she muses and envisions nature, animals and spirit in new ways. A treaty has been kept and a treaty broken Brenda Peterson unravels the complexities of the highly controversial Makah whale hunt, the first off U.S. mainland shores in nearly a century. Since 1996, Peterson's essays on the Makah have appeared in The Seattle Times. For the first time in book form, Peterson, who helped mediate between the Makah and environmentalists, gives an in-depth view of this dramatic and complex story.« less