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Essays. History. Science. Nonfiction. HTML:One of America�s most beloved naturalists reflects on the �fallibility of science, the mystery of evolution, and the surprise of life� in this fascinating essay collection (Time) Weaving together memoir, philosophical reflection, and his always keen observations of the natural world, Loren Eiseley�s essays in The Night Country explore those moments, often dark and unexpected, when chance encounters disturb our ordinary understandings of the universe. The naturalist here seeks neither �salvation in facts� nor solace in wild places: discovering an old bone or a nest of wasps, or remembering the haunted spaces of his lonely Nebraska childhood, Eiseley recognizes what he calls �the ghostliness of myself,� his own mortality, and the paradoxes of the evolution of consciousness.… (more)