Spirits of the Wild: The World's Great Nature Myths

by Gary Ferguson

From one of the world's best-loved nature writers comes an enchantingly written, inspiring, and beautifully illustrated collection of 60 nature myths from many culture, including Greece, Africa, Sweden, New Zealand, and the American Southwest. Woodcuts throughout.

Genres: Nonfiction, Mythology

159 pages, Hardcover

First published September 3, 1996

About the author

Nature writer, 1956-
Award-winning author Gary Ferguson has written for a variety of national publications, including Vanity Fair and the Chicago Tribune, and is the author of twenty-six books on nature and science. His memoir, The Carry Home, which the Los Angeles Times called “gorgeous, with beauty on every page,” was awarded “Best Nature book of the Year” by the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute. Gary is the co-founder of Full Ecology, with his wife, social scientists Mary M. Clare.

Reviews

[Erika]

2.5 stars
Stories are written succinctly, I was expecting more description, fantasy & drama.

[Denise]

I found it too boring to finish.