{"product_id":"tracking-lions-myth-and-wilderness-in-samburu-paperback","title":"Tracking Lions, Myth, and Wilderness in Samburu - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJon Turk\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA provocative look at the vital connection between human beings, the natural world and meaningful knowledge.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile tracking a lion with a Samburu headman and then, later, eluding human assailants who may be tracking him, Jon Turk experiences people at their best and worst. As the tracker and the tracked, Jon reveals how the stories we tell each other, and the stories spinning in our heads, can be moulded into innovation, love and co-operation -- or harnessed to launch armies. Seeking escape from the confusion we create for ourselves and our neighbours with our think-too-much-know-it-all brains, Jon finds liberation within a natural world that spins no fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in a high-adventure narrative on the unforgiving savannah, \u003cem\u003eTracking Lions, Myth, and Wilderness in Samburu\u003c\/em\u003e explores the aboriginal wisdoms that endowed our Stone Age ancestors with the power to survive - and how, since then, myth, art, music, dance, and ceremony have often been hijacked and distorted within our urban, scientific, oil-soaked world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJon Turk\u003c\/b\u003e grew up on the shores of a wooded lake in Connecticut, attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, and then Brown University. He earned a Ph.D. in organic chemistry in 1971 and was nominated by \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/i\u003e as one of the Top Ten Adventurers of the Year in 2012. Between these bookends, he co-authored the first college-level environmental science textbook in North America, followed by more than 30 additional texts in environmental, physical, and Earth sciences. At the same time, Jon kayaked around Cape Horn and across the North Pacific from Japan to Alaska, mountain biked across the northern Gobi in Mongolia, made first climbing ascents of big walls on Baffin Island and first ski descents in the Tien Shan Mountains in Kyrgyzia, and in 2011 circumnavigated Ellesmere Island. He has published numerous magazine articles and four adventure books: \u003ci\u003eCold Oceans\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn the Wake of the Jomon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Raven's Gift\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCrocodiles and Ice\u003c\/i\u003e. During extended travel in northeast Siberia, his worldview was altered by Moolynaut, a Siberian shaman. Jon splits his time between Darby, Montana (near the southwestern boundary of Montana and Idaho, along the Continental Divide), and Fernie, British Columbia. For more information, see jonturk.net.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 30, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767982457120,"sku":"9781771604734","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/363e2a7fe4193b4f80b6b2fd9e53b599.webp?v=1780322099","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/tracking-lions-myth-and-wilderness-in-samburu-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}