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All the Strange Hours: The Excavation of a Life
All the Strange Hours The Excavation of a Life Author:Loren Eiseley In All the Strange Hours, Eiseley turns his considerable powers of reflection and discovery on his own life to weave a compelling story, related with the modesty, grace, and keen eye for a telling anecdote that distinguish his work. — His story begins with his childhood experiences as a sickly afterthought, weighed down by the loveless u... more »nion of his parents. From there he traces the odyssey that led to his search for early postglacial man - and into inspiriting philosophical territory - culminating in his uneasy achievement of world renown.
Eiseley crafts an absorbing self-portrait of a man who has thought deeply about his place in society as well as humanity's place in the natural world.« less