{"product_id":"pandoras-garden-kudzu-cockroaches-and-other-misfits-of-ecology-paperback","title":"Pandora's Garden: Kudzu, Cockroaches, and Other Misfits of Ecology - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClinton Crockett Peters\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePandora's Garden\u003c\/i\u003e profiles invasive or unwanted species in the natural world and examines how our treatment of these creatures sometimes parallels in surprising ways how we treat each other. Part essay, part nature writing, part narrative nonfiction, the chapters in \u003ci\u003ePandora's Garden\u003c\/i\u003e are like the biospheres of the globe; as the successive chapters unfold, they blend together like ecotones, creating a microcosm of the world in which we sustain nonhuman lives but also contain them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere are many reasons particular flora and fauna may be unwanted, from the physical to the psychological. Sometimes they may possess inherent qualities that when revealed help us to interrogate human perception and our relationship to an unwanted other. \u003ci\u003ePandora's Garden\u003c\/i\u003e is primarily about creatures that humans don't get along with, such as rattlesnakes and sharks, but the chapters also take on a range of other subjects, including stolen children in Australia, the treatment of illegal immigrants in Texas, and the disgust function of the human limbic system. Peters interweaves these diverse subjects into a whole that mirrors the evolving and interrelated world whose surprises and oddities he delights in revealing.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCLINTON CROCKETT PETERS has been awarded literary prizes from \u003ci\u003eShenandoah, North American Review, Crab Orchard Review, Columbia Journal, \u003c\/i\u003e and the Society for Professional Journalists. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eOrion, Southern Review, Hotel Amerika, The Rumpus, \u003c\/i\u003e and many other venues. He lives in Carrollton, Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8.74 x 7.62 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757876052256,"sku":"9780820353203","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5756d1e2ff2feea969d3747ec040ff20.webp?v=1780113776","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/pandoras-garden-kudzu-cockroaches-and-other-misfits-of-ecology-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}