Sally Eckhoff

  • Crocodile tears

    The late Steve Irwin was a great conservationist, whatever Germaine Greer says.
  • They shoot racehorses, don't they?

    Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro will likely have to be put down. Will the troubled sport of horseracing meet the same fate?
  • The horse pamperer

    When the editor in chief of Simon & Schuster decides to write a book about the horsey lifestyles of the super-rich, nobody's powerful enough to stop him.
  • Outfoxed

    Wilde called fox hunting the "unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable." On the upside, it's got all the thrill of battle and only 25 percent of the injuries.
  • Letters to the editor

    The meaning of Jar Jar. Plus: Finally, a paper conservatives can call their own; is the Iditarod animal cruelty?
  • "Lucky"

    A memoir of rape that's just about everything you'd expect it not to be
  • "Brown Dog of the Yaak" and "The Dream of the Marsh Wren"

    Two authors confront the dramas of the natural world and the writing life.
  • The Orchid Thief

    Sally Eckhoff reviews 'The Orchid Thief' by Susan Orlean
  • Turkey Shoot 1998

    The worst books of 1998
  • Lions and tigers are p.c., oh my!

    At Disney's new Animal Kingdom, you can save the rain forest and protest logging without leaving your open-air car.
  • Why The Tree Loves The Ax

    Ally Eckhoff reviews 'Why the Tree Loves the Ax' by Jim Lewis.
  • Animal Husbandry

    Sally Eckhoff reviews 'Animal Husbandry' by Laura Zigman
  • The Vulnerable Observer

    Sally Eckhoff reviews "The Vulnerable Observer Anthropology that Breaks Your Heart" by Ruth Behar.
  • !YO!

    Sally Eckhoff reviews "¡YO!" by Julia Alvarez.
  • Tales from Watership Down

    Sally Eckhoff reviews "Tales from Watership Down" by Richard Adams.
  • Fruitful

    Sally Eckhoff reviews Anne Roiphe's book "Fruitful: On Motherhood and Feminism".
  • Bound Feet and Western Dress

    Sally Eckhoff reviews Pang-Mei Natasha Chang's autobiography "Bound Feet and Western Dress".
  • My Summer With George

    Sally Eckhoff reviews Marilyn French's novel "My Summer With George".

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