{"product_id":"the-ragged-edge-of-the-world-encounters-at-the-frontier-where-modernity-wildlands-and-indigenous-peoples-meet-paperback-1","title":"The Ragged Edge of the World: Encounters at the Frontier Where Modernity, Wildlands and Indigenous Peoples Meet - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEugene Linden\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA pioneering work of environmental journalism that vividly depicts the people, animals and landscapes on the front lines of change's inexorable march. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA species nearing extinction, a tribe losing centuries of knowledge, a tract of forest facing the first incursion of humans-how can we even begin to assess the cost of losing so much of our natural and cultural legacy?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor forty years, environmental journalist and author Eugene Linden has traveled to the very sites where tradition, wildlands and the various forces of modernity collide. In \u003ci\u003eThe Ragged Edge of the World\u003c\/i\u003e, he takes us from pygmy forests to the Antarctic to the world's most pristine rainforest in the Congo to tell the story of the harm taking place-and the successful preservation efforts-in the world's last wild places. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ragged Edge of the World\u003c\/i\u003e is a critical favorite, and was an editors' pick on Oprah.com.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEugene Linden is an award-winning journalist and the author of \u003cb\u003eThe Parrot's Lament\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Future in Plain Sight\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eSilent Partners\u003c\/b\u003e, and other books on animals and the environment. He has consulted for the U.S. State Department, the UN Development Program, and he is a widely traveled speaker and lecturer. In 2001, Yale University named Linden a Poynter Fellow in recognition of his writing on the environment. He lives in Nyack, New York, and Washington, D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 7.96 x 5.33 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 27, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47685202804957,"sku":"9780452297746","price":32.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/hkEF1KhdCp9780452297746_bdd3732f-d131-4b9c-8f19-2aaedee10c35.webp?v=1774007920","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-ragged-edge-of-the-world-encounters-at-the-frontier-where-modernity-wildlands-and-indigenous-peoples-meet-paperback-1","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}