The Night Country

Toward the end of his life, Loren Eiseley reflected on the mystery of life, throwing light on those dark places traversed by himself and centuries of humankind.The Night Countryis a gift of wisdom and beauty from the famed anthropologist. It describes his needy childhood in Nebraska, reveals his increasing sensitivity to the odd and ordinary in nature, and focuses on a career that turns him inward as he reaches outward for answers in old bones.

Gale E. Christianson, author of Fox at the Wood’s Edge: A Biography of Loren Eiseley, is a professor of history at Indiana State University, Terre Haute.

FOREWORD

xvii

1. THE GOLD WHEEL

3

(12)

2. THE PLACES BELOW

15

(16)

3. BIG EYES AND SMALL EYES

31

(16)

4. INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS

47

(12)

5. THE CHRESMOLOGUE

59

(20)

6. PAW MARKS AND BURIED TOWNS

79

(12)

7. BARBED WIRE AND BROWN SKULLS

91

(16)

8. THE RELIC MEN

107

(20)

9. STRANGENESS IN THE PROPORTION

127

(26)

10. THE CREATURE FROM THE MARSH

153

(16)

11. ONE NIGHT'S DYING

169

(12)

12. OBITUARY OF A BONE HUNTER

181

(14)

13. THE MIND AS NATURE

195

(32)

14. THE BROWN WASPS

227

(12)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

239

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