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Kelly Enright

    Le travail de Kelly Enright explore la représentation de la nature dans la culture américaine et les dynamiques complexes des relations entre humains et animaux. Elle examine comment l'imagination américaine s'est engagée avec la nature sauvage, en analysant ses représentations et nos interactions avec le monde naturel. À travers ses écrits, Enright étudie les liens qui nous unissent au sauvage et l'influence d'institutions telles que les musées et l'acte de voyager sur ces perceptions. Son approche offre une lentille unique pour comprendre la fascination durable pour l'indompté.

    Rhinoceros
    I married Adventure: The Lives of Martin and Osa Johnson
    • This classic, bestselling memoir tells of the often heart-stopping adventures of early 20th-century explorers and photographers Osa and Martin Johnson - now in a new edition featuring additional photos and personal letters from the Johnsons to friends and family. Osa Johnson's memoir details her adventures alongside her husband Martin, an explorer and pioneering photographer. These two kids from Kansas sailed to Borneo, Kenya, and the Congo in the early part of the 20th century, where, with Martin holding the camera and Osa wielding the gun, they documented the indigenous people and wildlife they encountered in groundbreaking films such as "Among the Cannibals of the South Pacific" (1918) and "Simba" (1928). Osa's engaging and exciting text is complemented by scores of the dramatic black-and-white photos that made the couple famous. After Martin's death in 1937, Osa continued their work alone, I Married Adventure was first published in 1940 and became the bestselling nonfiction book of that year.

      I married Adventure: The Lives of Martin and Osa Johnson
    • Rhinoceros

      • 224pages
      • 8 heures de lecture
      3,7(30)Évaluer

      Rhinoceros' wildness has roots in the ancient, prehistoric and mythic. Many sightings of the rhinoceros were thought to prove the existence of the mythical unicorn, which was said to be impossible to capture alive. This title asks whether the savagery of the rhino is a reality or a legacy of its mythic past.

      Rhinoceros