{"product_id":"into-great-silence-a-memoir-of-discovery-and-loss-among-vanishing-orcas-paperback","title":"Into Great Silence: A Memoir of Discovery and Loss among Vanishing Orcas - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEva Saulitis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eScience entwines with matters of the human heart as a whale researcher chronicles the lives of an endangered family of orcas\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ever since Eva Saulitis began her whale research in Alaska in the 1980s, she has been drawn deeply into the lives of a single extended family of endangered orcas struggling to survive in Prince William Sound. Over the course of a decades-long career spent observing and studying these whales, and eventually coming to know them as individuals, she has, sadly, witnessed the devastation wrought by the Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989--after which not a single calf has been born to the group. With the intellectual rigor of a scientist and the heart of a poet, Saulitis gives voice to these vital yet vanishing survivors and the place they are so loyal to. Both an elegy for one orca family and a celebration of the entire species, \u003ci\u003eInto Great Silence\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving portrait of the interconnectedness of humans with animals and place--and of the responsibility we have to protect them.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEva Saulitis\u003c\/b\u003e has studied whales in Prince William Sound, the Kenai Fjords, and Alaska's Aleutian Islands for the past twenty-four years. In addition to her scientific publications, her essays, poems, and reviews have appeared in numerous national journals, including \u003ci\u003eOrion, Crazyhorse\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/i\u003e. The author of the essay collection \u003ci\u003eLeaving Resurrection\u003c\/i\u003e and the poetry collection \u003ci\u003eMany Ways to Say It\u003c\/i\u003e, she teaches at Kenai Peninsula College, in the low-residency MFA program at the University of Alaska, and at the Kachemak Bay Writers' Conference. She lives in Homer, Alaska.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 268\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.7 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 25, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468617728253,"sku":"9780807014462","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/WDRWSHJpaFRSdFhRZmlTSG82RDFJdz09.webp?v=1777290618","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/into-great-silence-a-memoir-of-discovery-and-loss-among-vanishing-orcas-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}