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Loren Eiseley challenges us to this day with his uneasy interpretation of humanity's place in the world. The haunting melancholy that pervades much of Eiseley's work grew out of a loveless childhood in which he spent much time alone in the natural world. His mother was mentally ill and his father, a singularly unsuccessful traveling salesman, spent little time at home. Perhaps in an effort to compensate, Eiseley drove himself relentlessly to succeed. Gale E. Christian-son's biography offers an unexpurgated evaluation of a man whose difficult past helped shape the brilliant essays that continue to dazzle new audiences. Gale E. Christianson is a professor of history at Indiana State University. He is the author of numerous biographies, including Edwin Hubble: Mariner of the Nebulae.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Fox at the Wood's Edge
• Subtitle: A Biography of Loren Eiseley
• Author: Gale E. Christianson
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 518
• EAN: 9780803264106
• ISBN: 0803264100
• ID: 04923828
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Weight: 624 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 27 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. October 2000

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