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- catalog abstract "Recently escaped from an abusive marriage, her children abducted by their father, Hannah Nyala turns for physical and spiritual survival to self-taught tracking in the Mojave Desert and eventually joins a National Park Service search-and-rescue team. But overshadowing Nyala's experience as an increasingly capable tracker is the fact that she herself is a tracked woman. For her, the ability to see a "footprint in soft grass outside a bedroom window" becomes a matter of survival. Nyala recounts life-and-death rescue missions yet questions the "action-junkie" approach to tracking lost people. Her exploration of the mechanics and cultural meanings of tracking recalls her rural Mississippi childhood ... and eventually leads to a journey to the Kalahari to learn from the famed Ju/Wasi and!Kung Bushmen trackers. Finally, Nyala's passionate immersion in the art and science of tracking leads to the first safe place Nyala and her children have known. Point Last Seen is a wholly original account of one woman's life and an intriguing glimpse at the meaning and power of following footprints.".
- catalog contributor b10136886.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "Point Last Seen is a wholly original account of one woman's life and an intriguing glimpse at the meaning and power of following footprints.".
- catalog description "Recently escaped from an abusive marriage, her children abducted by their father, Hannah Nyala turns for physical and spiritual survival to self-taught tracking in the Mojave Desert and eventually joins a National Park Service search-and-rescue team. But overshadowing Nyala's experience as an increasingly capable tracker is the fact that she herself is a tracked woman. For her, the ability to see a "footprint in soft grass outside a bedroom window" becomes a matter of survival. Nyala recounts life-and-death rescue missions yet questions the "action-junkie" approach to tracking lost people. Her exploration of the mechanics and cultural meanings of tracking recalls her rural Mississippi childhood ... and eventually leads to a journey to the Kalahari to learn from the famed Ju/Wasi and!Kung Bushmen trackers. Finally, Nyala's passionate immersion in the art and science of tracking leads to the first safe place Nyala and her children have known.".
- catalog extent "168 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Point last seen.".
- catalog identifier "0807070920".
- catalog identifier "0807085367".
- catalog isFormatOf "Point last seen.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boston : Beacon Press,".
- catalog relation "Point last seen.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "363.2/562 B 20".
- catalog subject "Family violence United States.".
- catalog subject "Footprints United States Identification.".
- catalog subject "HV8077.5.F6 N93 1997".
- catalog subject "Missing persons Investigation United States.".
- catalog subject "Tracking and trailing United States.".
- catalog title "Point last seen : a woman tracker's story / Hannah Nyala.".
- catalog type "Guidebooks. fast".
- catalog type "text".