In the Company of Crows and Ravens, Tony Angell
In the Company of Crows and Ravens, Tony Angell
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In the Company of Crows and Ravens

Author: Tony Angell, John M. Marzluff, Paul Ehrlich

Narrator: Danny Campbell

Unabridged: 8 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/30/2020


Synopsis

From the cave walls at Lascaux to the last painting by Van Gogh, from the works of Shakespeare to those of Mark Twain, there is clear evidence that crows and ravens influence human culture. Yet this influence is not unidirectional, say the authors of this fascinating book: people profoundly influence crow culture, ecology, and evolution as well.

John Marzluff and Tony Angell examine the often surprising ways that crows and humans interact. The authors contend that those interactions reflect a process of "cultural coevolution." They offer a challenging new view of the human-crow dynamic—a view that may change our thinking not only about crows but also about ourselves.

In the Company of Crows and Ravens takes a close look at the influences people have had on the lives of crows throughout history and at the significant ways crows have altered human lives. This book illuminates the entwined histories of crows and people and concludes with an intriguing discussion of the crow-human relationship and how our attitudes toward crows may affect our cultural trajectory.

About Tony Angell

Tony Angell, an author, illustrator, and sculptor, has won numerous writing and artistic awards for his work on behalf of nature, including the prestigious Master Artist Award of the Leigh Yawkey Art Museum. He has published a number of books, principally about the birds of the Northwest, including Owls, Ravens, Crows, Magpies and Jays, and Marine Birds and Mammals of Puget Sound. His sculptural forms celebrating nature are to be found in public and private collections throughout the country. Tony has worked actively as a board member of Washington's chapter of the Nature Conservancy, is an elected fellow of the National Sculpture Society, and retired in 2002 as Director of Environmental Education for the state of Washington after thirty years. He lives in Seattle with his wife and two daughters.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jam on June 11, 2007

Basically, this book was not as interesting as it should have been, given the subject matter. Corbids are fascinating on a bad day. Some species use tools (some even make their own), they can recognise their own reflection as themself, they're sociable with weird rituals, many species adapt brillian......more

Goodreads review by Denny on January 11, 2018

A fascinating look at a very smart bird. There is a great You Tube video of a little girl that befriended a crow and all the presents that were Brought to her.......more

Goodreads review by Laura on December 20, 2019

Great and slightly unsettling book. Boy was I taught wrong about non humans.......more

Goodreads review by Keely Langford on October 28, 2019

Definitely for the lay-person (wasn’t the “tone” I expected from an established scientist in the field). Also more anthropomorphic leaning than I expected in places, but I suppose to better reach a specific audience. All this to say: as a naturalist I was expecting something a bit different. It is m......more

Goodreads review by Cav on October 07, 2020

Animal intelligence is of great interest to me, so I put this one on my list as soon as I found it. I ended up being disappointed with the writing here, however. Although I am interested in the study of crows and ravens, the writing here left much to be desired for me... In the Company of Crows an......more