Christopher Norment, professor of environmental science and biology at the College at Brockport, State University of New York, is the author of In the Memory of the Map: A Cartographic Memoir and Return to Warden's Grove: Science, Desire, and the Lives of Sparrows.
A moving meditation on nature. . . . In examining small details in
nature, Norment manages to effectively address larger existential
issues.--Publishers Weekly
An intriguing tapestry of scientific exploration and natural
history that also takes turns as a eulogy, a love letter, a poem
and ultimately a plea.--High Country News
Creates a poetic-ecological argument for conservation on a global
scale. . . . Highly recommended.--Choice
For those who seek . . . a melange of science, literature and
passion, Relicts of a Beautiful Sea offers sanctuary as rare as the
survivors it illuminates.--Kansas Alumni Magazine
The marvel of aquatic animal life in isolated, seemingly hostile
desert surroundings of the Death Valley region is beautifully
captured in this blend of natural history, the hard realities and
occasional successes of conservation biology in the region, and
personal reflections on nature and human foibles.--Copeia
You don't typically find intelligent passion like that in treatises
with this kind of scientific gravamen, but they glitter throughout
the length of Relicts of a Beautiful Sea. This is natural history
of the finest order.--Open Letters
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