Stilwater: Finding Wild Mercy in the Outback
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| Rating | : | 4.80 (815 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1571313141 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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But in the countless miles beyond the station compound roam tens of thousands of cows, many entirely feral from a long period of neglect. This is a whirlwind of men, women, cattle, horses, machines and landscape in collaborative evolution, all becoming different manifestations of the same entity—the Australian Wild.. The spellbinding true story of a young woman's adventure in the Australian outback as she joins a small crew on an abandoned cattle station and drags feral cattle in from the wild.One thousand square miles of coastal scrub—inundated by monsoon floods in summer, baked dry in winter, and filled with the most deadly animals in the world—Stilwater seems an unlikely home for a cattle operation. Over a season they use helicopters, motorcycles, bullcatcher jeeps, horses, ropes, and knives to win Stilwater Station back from the wild.A deeply poetic inquiry into our desire to make order where we find wildness, Stilwater: Finding Mercy in the Outback suffuses us with salt and scrub and blood, blurring the line between domestic and feral in wondrous, unsettling ways. Rafael has been hired, along with a ragged crew of ringers
Rafael divides her time with her husband, Jaime, and daughter, Soraya, between the Southwest of the United States and Chile.. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in environmental studies from Prescott College, plus a Master of Fine Arts in creative nonfiction and a Ph.D. Her diverse and place-based education helped her to develop a deep understanding of the farm
A book of strength, science, and poetry Story Circle Book Reviews This is a brutal book. This is a beautiful book. Where brutality and beauty come together, we often find a truth that takes us deeper than either. De Grenade's voice in this memoir of her time spent in the Australian Outback is strong and clear, and it brings us that truth.Stilwater presents us . At the heart of this authentic and beautiful memoir is a moral core This gifted author has written an evocative and beautiful memoir. Stilwater tells the story of the author's time working on a remote station in the Outback of Queensland, one where the way of life creates a unique culture in which people and the environment mutually shape each other. The author . Panoramic, yet intimate Matt Cook I happened to have grown up in the ‘50s, when the vehicle for many movies, books, and TV programs was the Western theme. Much of the action took place on ranches or out on the range and, although cattle and cattle ranching was the backdrop, the stories were often about the men, women, and
Rafael divides her time with her husband, Jaime, and daughter, Soraya, between the Southwest of the United States and Chile.. About the AuthorRafael de Grenade grew up on a rural farm in the foothills of the Santa Maria Mountains outside of Prescott, AZ. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in environmental studies from Prescott College, plus a Master of Fine Arts in creative nonfiction and a Ph.D. Her diverse and place-based education helped her to develop a deep understanding of the farm and the Southwest and her place as a land steward, artist, scientist, and writer. She began working for the rugged Cross U Ranch in north central Arizona at age 13 — riding, branding, shoeing horses, and gathering cows. in Geography from the University of Arizona. She has traveled in many countries, seeking to understand the complexities of the people-place