CONTENTS

Selected Essays

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Into the Fire

The Rage of the Squat King

Whale Song

The Beauty That Wills Us On

Ice Fishing

The Hunters

Border Patrol

The Larch

Wolf Palette

Whale Shark

Moon Story

The Stamp of the African Elephant

Hearts and Bones

Fifteen Dogs

Swans

With Every Great Breath

Descent, with Modifications

A Life with Bears

New Essays

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Firebuilder

Hemingway and Nature

Letter to America

Acknowledgments

Publication Acknowledgments