"Talking to the Moon "is an unusual and charming story of a
Thoreau-like adventure in remote northeastern Oklahoma.
Following his university education and his service as a pilot in
World War I, John Joseph Mathews returned to his beloved Osage
country. He built a sandstone house on a blackjack-covered ridge in
the midst of his ranch, and there he lived for ten years, stirred
by a natural world that was still undisturbed by the demands of
civilization. He became a part of the life that moved about his
cottage.
In this beautiful account of what he saw and did and thought,
Mathews describes his solitary life among the creatures of the
ridge with rare perception and style.
His observations are based on the white man's seasons as well as
the Indian cycles of the moon, and he discourses upon the
eccentricities of man, the behavior of animals (including the
communicative talking to-the-moon coyote), and the encompassing and
particular beauty of his wilderness home. Even the most jaded
reader will be touched by the sensitivity and generosity of
Mathews' response to the natural world. To read "Talking to the
Moon "is to be reminded that this world once existed for all of
us.
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