Gregory Lewis McNamee
Contributor
Contributing Editor, Encyclopædia Britannica; Literary Critic, Hollywood Reporter. Author of Moveable Feasts: The History, Science, and Lore of Food and others.
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Las Vegas, city, seat (1909) of Clark county, southeastern Nevada, U.S. The only major city in the American West to have been founded in the 20th century, Las Vegas grew from a tiny, desert-bound railroad service centre at the outset of the 20th century to the country’s fastest-growing metropolis…
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Publications (3)
Aelian's On the Nature of Animals (2011)
Selections From Aelian's De Natura Animalium, Translated And Edited By Gregory Mcnamee, Are A Mostly Randomly Ordered Collection Of Stories That Constitute An Early Encyclopedia Of Animal Behavior, Affording Insight Into What Ancient Romans Knew About And Thought About Animals--and, Of Particular Interest To Modern Scholars, About Animal Minds--provided By Publisher. [translated And Edited By] Gregory Mcnamee. Translated From Greek. Includes Bibliographical References.
Moveable Feasts: The History, Science, and Lore of Food (At Table) (2008)
food Has Functioned Both As A Source Of Continuity And As A Subject Of Adaptation In The Course Of Human History. Onions Have Been A Staple Of The European Diet Since The Paleolithic Era, While The Orange Is Once Again Being Cultivated In Great Quantities In Southern China, Where It Was Originally Cultivated. Other Foods—such As The Apple And Pear In Central Asia, The Tomato In Mexico, The Chili Pepper In South America, And Rice In South Asia—remain Staples Of Their Original Regions...
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Gila: The Life and Death of an American River, Updated and Expanded Edition (2012)
For sixty million years, the Gila River, longer than the Hudson and the Delaware combined, has shaped the ecology of the Southwest from its source in New Mexico to its confluence with the Colorado River in Arizona. Today, for at least half its length, the Gila is dead, like so many of the West's great rivers, owing to overgrazing, damming, and other practices. This richly documented cautionary tale narrates the Gila's natural and human history. Now updated, McNamee's study traces recent efforts...
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