OP: Gathering the Desert
by Gary Paul Nabhan
University of Arizona Press, 1986. Hardcover. Near Fine.
The arid and unpredictable Sonoran Desert may seem an unlikely environment of plenty, but the Natives who have lived there for millennia know different.
In Gathering the Desert (1985) environmental biologist and conservationist Gary Paul Nabhan (1952– ) highlights twelve essential desert flora which provide food, medicine, and fibers to the humans who coexist with them. With palpable curiosity and enthusiasm for wild foods, Nabhan discusses the botanical and scientific evolution of desert plants, while consulting Natives of the Southwest on their usage.
Our copy is a Near Fine second printing with minor evidence of long shelving. Black and white. illustrations by Paul Mirocha.
