Longtime residents of the Sonoran Desert, the Tohono O'odham people
have spent centuries living off the land--a land that most modern
citizens of southern Arizona consider totally inhospitable.
Ethnobotanist Gary Nabhan has lived with the Tohono O'odham, long
known as the Papagos, observing the delicate balance between these
people and their environment. Bringing O'odham voices to the page
at every turn, he writes elegantly of how they husband scant water
supplies, grow crops, and utilize wild edible foods. Woven through
his account are coyote tales, O'odham children's impressions of the
desert, and observations on the political problems that come with
living on both sides of an international border. Whether visiting a
sacred cave in the Baboquivari Mountains or attending a saguaro
wine-drinking ceremony, Nabhan conveys the everyday life and
extraordinary perseverance of these desert people in a book that
has become a contemporary classic of environmental literature.
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