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This newest volume in the Sierra Club's acclaimed The series includes autobiographical writings, essays, short stories, and poetry that communicate a passion for nature which enhances our appreciation of a wide range of landscapes and wildlife. Diverse in mood and setting, the nineteen selections, including seven in print for the first time, represent the best of the genre. Readers will delight in Chip Rawlins's memoir of life in the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming, Dan O'Brien's tale of falconry on the Great Plains, David Rains Wallace's exploration of the Darien, Barry Lopez's essay on the coral reefs of the Caribbean island of Bonaire, and Marybeth Holleman's evocative essay on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea. Other contributors are Rick Bass, SueEllen Campbell, Lisa Couturier, John Daniel, Jan Grover, Penny Harter, Adele Ne Jame, Homer Kizer, W. S. Merwin, David Petersen, April N. Rieveschl, Alianor True, Louise Wagenknecht, and Terry Tempest Williams.
| ISBN | 0871569485 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | ISBN13 | 9780871569486
(What's this?) | | Pages | 334 | | Publisher | Counterpoint,U.S. | | Volumes | 001 | | Imprint | Sierra Club Books | | Weight (grammes) | 408 | | Format | Paperback | | Published in | Berkeley | | Publication date | 01 May 1998 | | Height (mm) | 216 | | Non-book description | lvii, 283 p. ; | | Width (mm) | 146 | | Library of Congress | QH104.A65 | | Spine width (mm) | 24 | | DEWEY | 818.54008036 | | Academic level | General |
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| | | Preface | | | | | | Introduction: "From the Faraway Nearby" by John A. Murray | | | | | | Firefinder by Alianor True | | 1 | | | | Searching for Depth in Bonaire by Barry Lopez | | 12 | | | | To Be Taken by Terry Tempest Williams | | 29 | | | | Metamorphosis by Rick Bass | | 39 | | | | Walking in the Woods by Lisa Couturier | | 53 | | | | Dog Days by Dan O'Brien | | 59 | | | | The Heart of the Wind by Marybeth Holleman | | 94 | | | | What Abbey Was Trying to Tell Us: A Hunter's Credo by David Petersen | | 107 | | | | On the Mountain by Sueellen Campbell | | 113 | | | | Waist-Deep in Blackberry Vines by John Daniel | | 123 | | | | Poems by Adele Ne Jame | | 129 | | | | The Winter Palace by W. S. Merwin | | 138 | | | | White Poplar by Louise Wagenknecht | | 162 | | | | At Abby Creek by Homer Kizer | | 166 | | | | Becoming Native by Jan Grover | | 179 | | | | The Bumpy Bridge by David Rains Wallace | | 199 | | | | Poems by Penny Harter | | 222 | | | | Head of Murphy Creek by Chip Rawlins | | 237 | | | | Spirals by April N. Rieveschl | | 269 | | | | Contributors | | 275 | | | | Periodicals Consulted | | 278 | | | | Permissions | | 282 |
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