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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