But the glory of each essay lies in Childs's ability to portray the sometimes brutal beauty of the wilderness, to capture the individual essence of wild creatures, to transport the reader beyond the human realm and deep inside the animal kingdomĮach of the forty brief, compelling narratives in The Animal Dialogs focuses on the author's own encounter with a particular species and is replete with astonishing facts about the species' behavior, habitat, breeding, and lifespan.

Whether recalling the experience of being chased through the Grand Canyon by a bighorn sheep, swimming with sharks off the coast of British Columbia, watching a peregrine falcon perform acrobatic stunts at 200 miles per hour, or engaging in a tense face-off with a mountain lion near a desert waterhole, Craig Childs captures the moment so vividly that he puts the reader in his boots.Įach of the forty brief, compelling narratives in The Animal Dialogs focuses on the author's own encounter with a particular species and is replete with astonishing facts about the species' behavior, habitat, breeding, and lifespan. The Animal Dialogues Uncommon Encounters in the Wild Craig Childs ISBN: 978-2-7 Little, Brown and Company, 2007 Reviewed by Debra Gaynor for 5 Stars Even as a child, Craig Childs was intrigued and felt an affinity with wild life. From one of the finest nature writers at work in America today-a lyrical, dramatic, illuminating tour of the hidden domain of wild animals. THE ANIMAL DIALOGUES tells of Craig Childs own chilling experiences among the grizzlies of the Arctic, sharks off the coast of British Columbia and in the.

The Animal Dialogues by Craig Childs