Her keen vision makes us look anew at ancestral mountains, turquoise seas, and even motel swimming pools. From the Sierra Nevada, the Mojave Desert, the Yucatan Peninsula, and the Bahamas to her home ground on the high plateaus and deep canyons of the Southwest, we journey with Meloy through vistas of both great beauty and great desecration. In this invigorating mix of natural history and adventure, artist-naturalist Ellen Meloy uses turquoiseAAAthe color and the gemAAAto probe deeper into our profound human attachment to landscape. There are images in this book I will never forget." -Nora Gallagher, author of Practicing Resurrectionīook Description Paperback. Meloy is a perfect, often hilarious guide. "A book of great beauty under which lies a drumbeat of grief and passion for the desert. "Diverse, thoughtful, and humorous." - Albuquerque Journal "Combine the best of travel writing with fascinating slices of history in an irresistible invitation to open our eyes and our minds, taking beauty where we find it." - Kingston Springs Advocate "Smart, evocative, and memorable: Nature-writing done right." -Kirkus (starred review) the talented Meloy is a Southwestern voice to listen to." - Santa Fe New Mexican The Anthropology of Turquoise explores Meloy's beloved Southwest-a region she knows intimately and describes with her trademark sharp wit." - Salt Lake Tribune " crafts potent meditations on the desert landscape. "Finely crafted, vigorously descriptive, dazzling in its insights into biology and culture." - Booklist Powerful and transporting-and funny." - The Times-Picayune "By the time you lift your eyes from the last page, you'll be longing to clasp a piece of stone, to be surrounded by blue water. "Meloy's vision of the world through turquoise-colored glasses is a unique, moving, self-effacing delight." - The Washington Post Meloy's gem-studded collection calls us to be mindful of the physical world, to see it-really see it-with fresh eyes." - Los Angeles Times
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