Next Exit - Bone Hunter

Are ghosts always human? Loren Eiseley didn't think so. Eiseley is one of the greatest nature writers of the 20th century. He was born in Lincoln and the years he spent as a bone hunter in Western Nebraska and South Dakota inspired many of his most unforgettable essays.

In this segment from "Reflections of a Bonehunter" we explore a landscape haunted by strange mammals that roamed Nebraska long before the first humans arrived.

For more information, visit http://www.netnebraska.org/extras/nextexit/stories_ghosts.htm

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[donoharvey]

Eiseley's essays combine science and poetry in an adventure in ecological thought that was far ahead of his era. "From today's vantage point, we see a lonely thinker who stood apart in his own time, yet looked ahead to vistas of the mind that environmental

thought was still to approach," says N.J. Slabbert. (Loren Eiseley: Science, Ethics, and Environmental Leadership, by Nicholas J. Slabbert.) Check out the Eiseley Society web site.

[donoharvey]

Eiseley's essays combine poetry and science and offer an amazing experience in ecological thought that was far in advance of his era. "Although he always

remained an outsider, Eiseley had

pioneered 21st-century environmentalism

and continues to be an enduring

example of intellectual leadership," according to a recent re-appraisal of him by Nicholas J. Slabbert. (Loren Eiseley: Science, Ethics, and

Environmental Leadership, by N.J. Slabbert.) The Eiseley Society site is excellent.